Regional Force in Mozambique Should Prioritize Civilian Protection
Click to expand Image Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi, left, and Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa, right, join Southern African leaders during a meeting in Mozambique's capital, Maputo, April...
View ArticleInternational Treaty against Workplace Violence Goes into Legal Effect
Click to expand Image Marcelina Bautista, leader of Centro de Apoyo y Capacitación para Empleadas del Hogar, a domestic workers organization, celebrates the beginning of a pilot program extending...
View ArticleHong Kong: Beijing Dismantles a Free Society
Click to expand Image The slogan in Chinese on the flag, “Liberate Hong Kong, the Revolution of Our Times,” was a common chant during the 2019 protests. But since the imposition of the National...
View ArticleFacial Recognition Problems Denying US Workers Unemployment Lifeline
Click to expand Image Workers in Texas may apply for unemployment benefits on the Texas Workforce Commission website. © Ahmed Fakhr/© 2021 Human Rights Watch Lucy* (not her real name), a 29-year-old...
View ArticleMozambique Investigates Sexual Exploitation of Women Inmates
Click to expand Image A view over the roofs of Maputo, Mozambique, March 10, 2013. © 2013 Britta Pedersen/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images This week, Mozambique’s government appointed members of a...
View ArticleBritney Spears’s Conservatorship Mirrors Reality for Millions with Disabilities
Click to expand Image A "Free Britney" sign shows support for popstar Britney Spears who had a scheduled hearing in her conservatorship case at the County Courthouse in Los Angeles, June 23, 2021. ©...
View ArticleBangladesh: Hold Security Forces Accountable for Torture
Click to expand Image Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) officials stand alert inside a truck in front of Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka, Bangladesh on February 20, 2021. © 2021 Sipa via AP Images (New...
View ArticleIs China’s Human Rights Diplomacy Backfiring?
Click to expand Image Uyghur Muslims walk under an arch with security cameras after prayers at the Id Kah Mosque in Kashgar in China's Xinjiang region, during a government-organized trip for foreign...
View ArticleUS Congress Closes Trump-Era Lending Loophole
The US House of Representatives last week joined the Senate in voting to overturn a federal regulation that allowed payday and other small-dollar and short-term lenders to skirt limits on what interest...
View ArticleExceptions to US Border Expulsion Policy Fail to Address Flaws
Click to expand Image A migrant family crosses the border into El Paso, Texas, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Friday, Feb. 26, 2021. © Christian Chavez/AP Photo The New York Times reported last week that...
View ArticleUN Makes Landmark Call to Address Systemic Racism
Click to expand Image A protester puts his hands up in front of a line of police in riot gear in the US city of Columbus, Ohio, on June 5, 2020. © 2020 Stephen Zenner / SOPA Images/Sipa USA via AP...
View ArticleAustralia: Beijing Threatening Academic Freedom
(Sydney) – Australian universities have failed to protect the academic freedom of students from China and of academics who criticize the Chinese Communist Party, Human Rights Watch said in a report...
View ArticleCanada: New Climate Law a Step in the Right Direction
Click to expand Image The Canadian Parliament buildings are seen in Ottawa, April 27, 2020. © 2020 Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press via AP © (Ottawa) – New climate legislation adopted by the Canadian...
View ArticleUN Security Council Should Impose Myanmar Arms Embargo
Click to expand Image Myanmar police block a road near the US embassy in Yangon, Myanmar, February 22, 2021. © 2021 AP Photo In mid-June, the United Nations General Assembly urged member countries to...
View ArticleSri Lanka: Pardons a Meager Response to Abusive Law
Click to expand Image President Gotabaya Rajapaksa addresses parliament in Colombo, Sri Lanka on August 20, 2020. © 2020 Akila Jayawardana/NurPhoto via AP (New York) – The Sri Lankan government’s...
View ArticleYemen: Houthis Subject Model to Unfair Trial
(Beirut) – Houthi authorities are carrying out an unfair trial of a Yemeni actress and model, Human Rights Watch said today. She has been arbitrarily detained since February 20, 2021. The case has been...
View ArticleDisability Rights Defender in Gaza Addresses UN
Click to expand Image Abeer al-Harakli, a disability rights defender from Gaza, addressing the United Nations in a video message at the 14th session of the Conference of State Parties to the...
View ArticleCuba: Clampdown on Artists, Journalists
(Washington, DC) – The Cuban government is committing systematic human rights abuses against independent artists and journalists, Human Rights Watch said today as it released a video on the abuses.In...
View ArticleMalaysia: Raids on Migrants Hinder Vaccine Access
Click to expand Image Migrant workers show their passports during a raid in Dengkil, outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on June 21, 2021. © 2021 Zahim Mohd/NurPhoto via AP (Bangkok) – The Malaysian...
View ArticlePrisoners in Haiti Still Face Horrendous Conditions
Click to expand Image A detainee pulls a large stock pot filled with rice and beans during lunch inside the National Penitentiary in downtown Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Febuary. 13, 2017. © Dieu Nalio...
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