Sweden Should Stop Detaining and Deporting Sex Workers
Click to expand Image People demonstrate in support of sex workers, April 14, 2018. © 2018 Alain Apaydin/Sipa via AP Images So far this year, police in Sweden have detained at least 13...
View ArticleUS: Don’t Forcibly Transfer Migrants to Libya
Click to expand Image Men at a detention center in Tripoli, Libya, June 8, 2017. © 2017 Florian Gaertner/Photothek via Getty Images (New York) – The United States should not forcibly transfer migrants...
View ArticleBelarus: Political Retaliation against Businesses
Click to expand Image The headquarters of the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Geneva, Switzerland, June 15, 2021. © 2021 Sean Gallup/Getty Images (Berlin, May 9, 2025) – Belarusian...
View ArticleUK: Court Ruling Threatens Trans People
Click to expand Image People from trans rights groups and community organizations take part in a rally following the Supreme Court ruling on the definition of a woman in equalities law. © 2025...
View ArticleMali Opposition Politicians Feared Forcibly Disappeared
Click to expand Image People protesting the junta's decision to ban political parties at the Palais de la Culture in Bamako, Mali, April 29, 2025. © 2025 Private In Mali on Thursday, two political...
View ArticleVietnam: End Persecution of Human Rights Activist
Click to expand Image Trinh Ba Phuong. © Private (Bangkok) – The Vietnamese authorities should immediately release the prominent human rights activist Trinh Ba Phuong and drop all charges against him,...
View ArticleSyria: New Government Restricts Aid Operations
Click to expand Image Syrian port workers move on a truck carrying goods at the port of Latakia, Syria, December 17, 2024. © 2024 Leo Correa/AP Photo (Beirut) – The Syrian transitional government’s...
View ArticleBurkina Faso: Army Directs Ethnic Massacres
Click to expand Image The village of Mahouna in western Burkina Faso, March 18, 2022. © 2022 Mapillary (Nairobi) – The Burkina Faso army led and participated in the massacre of more than 130, possibly...
View ArticleUS: Major Companies Violate Gig Workers’ Rights
Click to expand Image © 2025 Brian Stauffer for Human Rights Watch (Washington, DC) – Major digital labor platforms, also known as gig companies, operating in the United States misclassify gig workers...
View ArticleHoly See: Review Vatican-China Agreement
Click to expand Image The new Pope Leo XIV on the central loggia of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, May 8, 2025. © 2025 Domenico Stinellis/AP Photo (London) – The new Pope, Leo XIV, should direct...
View ArticleNepal: Ensure Credible Transitional Justice Appointments
Click to expand Image Nepalese human rights activists and relatives point to photographs of disappeared persons at an event to mark the International Day of the Disappeared, in Kathmandu, August 30,...
View Article2025 Human Rights Roadmap for the African Union
Click to expand Image African heads of state attend the 37th Ordinary session of the African Union Summit at the Union's headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, February 17, 2024. © 2024 AP Photo On...
View ArticleSouth Sudan: 3 Years On, No Justice for Abuses in Southern Unity
Click to expand Image The remains of burnt homes in the town of Adok in Leer county, South Sudan. Photo taken in May 2022. © 2022 Human Rights Watch South Sudan’s authorities have not brought to...
View ArticleNepali Lesbians Harassed While Registering Marriage
Click to expand Image The Supreme Court of Nepal in Kathmandu. © Supreme Court of Nepal After two years together, Ramita and Shilu—both pseudonyms to protect their identities—traveled to Sindhuli...
View ArticleSouth Korea: Candidates Should Express Views on Rights
Click to expand Image An official demonstrates the ballot counting process using a ballot sorting machine during a simulation of the presidential election voting and counting procedures at South...
View ArticleMaldives: Communities Lack Equitable Access to Water
Click to expand Image Bottled water is loaded onto a boat for delivery to another island in Malé, Maldives, December 18, 2019. © 2019 Carl Court/Getty Images Marginalized island communities in the...
View ArticleSyria: Türkiye-backed Armed Groups Detain, Extort Civilians
Click to expand Image The Syrian National Army (SNA) forces around the Tishrin Dam in the southeastern district in Aleppo, January 18, 2025. © 2025 Huseyin Nasir/Anadolu via Getty Images (Beirut, May...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia: Migrant Workers Electrocuted, Decapitated, and Falling to Death...
Click to expand Image Migrant workers at a construction site near Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, March 2, 2024. © 2024 Jaap Arriens/Sipa via AP Photo Scores of migrant workers in Saudi Arabia have died in...
View ArticleEgypt: Apparent Extrajudicial Killings
Click to expand Image Marsa Matruh, Egpyt, January 10, 2020. © 2020 Alexander Farnsworth/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Photo (Beirut) – Egyptian Ministry of Interior officers on April 10, 2025, apparently...
View ArticleAustralia: Display Human Rights Leadership in Asia, Beyond
Click to expand Image Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong (L) with Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese after he won the general election in Sydney, May 3, 2025. © 2025 Saeed Khan/AFP via...
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