Uzbekistan: Gay Men Face Abuse, Prison
(Berlin) – Men in Uzbekistan who engage in consensual same-sex sexual conduct face arbitrary detention, prosecution, and imprisonment as well as homophobia, threats, and extortion, Human Rights Watch...
View Article‘Crip Camp’ Brings the Inclusion Revolution to the Oscars
Click to expand Image Poster for the film, Crip Camp. © Netflix The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced last week that “Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution” had been nominated for an...
View ArticleThe EU Should Stop Blocking Efforts to Increase Global Vaccine Access
Click to expand Image A person in Soweto, South Africa receives an injection as they participate in a clinical trial for a Covid-19 vaccine in June 2020. © 2020 Siphiwe Sibeko/AFP via Getty Images...
View ArticleEgypt: Scholar Unjustly Detained
Click to expand Image Ahmed Samir Santawy, an anthropology master’s student at Central European University (CEU) detained in February 2021. © Private (Beirut) – Egyptian authorities should immediately...
View ArticleWomen in US Need More Options than the Media to Combat Harassment
Click to expand Image Lindsey Boylan, a former state economic development adviser for New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, speaks to people at a rally in New York City, March 20, 2021. © 2021 AP...
View ArticleTurkey: Erdoğan’s Onslaught on Rights and Democracy
Click to expand Image Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan speaks during a news conference in Ankara, Turkey, March 18, 2020. © AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici (Istanbul) – The government of President...
View ArticleColombia: Ensure Justice for Killed Protester
Click to expand Image Police detain an anti-government demonstrator during a nationwide strike in Bogota, Colombia, on November 21, 2019. © 2019 AP Photo/Ivan Valencia (Washington, DC) – Colombian...
View ArticleBangladesh Police Arrest Children for Facebook Posts
Click to expand Image Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina meets with officials in Tokyo, May 29, 2019. © 2019 Kyodo via AP Images Displaying absolute intolerance for peaceful criticism,...
View ArticleJesuits Pledge Funds to Address Slavery in the US
Click to expand Image Curved pews are seen inside of a church. © 2016 AP Photo/Matt Rourke Amid a growing national reckoning with slavery and its legacy in the United States, including systemic...
View ArticleDon’t Arm Robots in Policing
Click to expand Image Boston Dynamics presents its SpotMini robot at a conference in Hanover, Germany, June 13, 2018. © 2018 Photo by Laura Chiesa/Pacific Press/Sipa via AP Images Elected officials...
View ArticleHuman Rights Watch Names New Chief Operating Officer
Click to expand Image Wisla Heneghan. (New York) – Wisla Heneghan has joined Human Rights Watch as its new Deputy Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer. In this role Heneghan will oversee...
View ArticleBangladesh: Refugee Camp Fencing Cost Lives in Blaze
Click to expand Image A man climbs through barbed wire fencing at a Rohingya refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, as a massive fire swept through the camps on March 22, 2021. © 2021 Private (New...
View ArticleMyanmar: Elected Lawmaker Group Declared Illegal
Click to expand Image Anti-coup demonstrators display placards supporting the Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (CRPH), the group representing Myanmar's elected government ousted in the...
View ArticleUS: Concerns of Neglect in Nursing Homes
Click to expand Image A nursing home resident holds his wife's hand. © Human Rights Watch (New York) – Potential neglect and prolonged isolation may have caused serious harm to many people in nursing...
View ArticleLibya: New Government Should Put Rights First
Click to expand Image Newly appointed Libyan Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dabeiba addresses members of the Libyan House of Representatives, a day before his cabinet secured a vote of confidence from the...
View ArticleUS Needs to Target Domestic Enablers of Corruption
Click to expand Image © ArchOneZ/VectorStock Since 2017, the United States has sanctioned 150 people and entities for corruption under the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act. The list of...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia: Labor Reforms Insufficient
Click to expand Image Foreign laborers work on the construction of new luxury houses in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, April 2019. © 2019 FAYEZ NURELDINE/AFP via Getty Images (Beirut) – Saudi Arabia...
View ArticleJapan: Pass Equality Act Before Olympics
Click to expand Image From left, Yumiko Murakami, head of OECD Tokyo, Gon Matsunaka, head of Pride House Tokyo Legacy, Kanae Doi, Japan director of Human Rights Watch, Yuri Igarashi, co-representative...
View ArticleRussia-Linked Landmines Threaten Lives in Libya
Click to expand Image PMN-2 blast mines recovered from Tripoli, Libya, December 2020. © 2020 MEE/Daniel Hilton Buried in a new report by the United Nations Panel of Experts on Libya comes disturbing...
View ArticleEU: Robustly Carry Out New Surveillance Tech Rules
Click to expand Image European lawmakers stand up during a signing ceremony at the European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium, March 10, 2021. © 2021 Francisco Seco/AP Photo (Brussels) – The improvements...
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