Uganda: Carry Out Treaty to Protect Everyone at Work
(Kampala) – Uganda should quickly adopt and put into effect a new law to protect everyone from violence and harassment, including sexual harassment, at work, Human Rights Watch said today. In a...
View ArticleCentral Asia/US: Put Rights At Heart of Talks
Click to expand Image Kyrgyzstan's Foreign Minister Jeenbek Kulubaev, Tajikistan's Foreign Minister Sirojiddin Muhriddin, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Kazakhstan's Foreign Minister Mukhtar...
View ArticleCambodia: Dissident, Wife Brutally Assaulted
Click to expand Image Agriculture entrepreneur Nak Ny was arrested on December 11, 2020, after posting sarcastic comments on social media about then-Prime Minister Hun Sen’s remarks on declaring a...
View ArticleEurope’s Lack of New Ideas on Migration is the Real Crisis
Click to expand Image People sit on the ground in the overcrowded migrant reception center on Lampedusa, an Italian island in the Mediterranean Sea, September 16, 2023. © 2023 Cecilia Fabiano/LaPresse...
View ArticleEU Advances on Treaty to End Violence and Harassment at Work
Click to expand Image Protestors marching to demand the end of femicide and violence against women in Paris, France, November 23, 2019. © 2019 Christian Hartmann/Reuters In a long overdue step, on...
View ArticleGovernments Should Step Up on Public Health Care Spending
Click to expand Image Surgical Technicians wash their hands after exiting an operating room at Newton-Wellesley Hospital in Newton, Massachusetts, US on April 22, 2022. © 2022 Erin Clark/The Boston...
View ArticleWoman’s Brutal Assault Highlights Police Failures in Kyrgyzstan
Click to expand Image Women march marking the International Women's Day in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, March 8, 2023. © 2023 Vladimir Voronin/AP Photo On Wednesday morning, Bermet (not her real name), a...
View ArticleSaudi Crown Prince Confirms Death Sentence for Tweets
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, known as MBS, has confirmed that retired teacher Muhammed al Ghamdi was indeed sentenced to death for his social media posts. In an interview with Fox News on...
View ArticleUN Human Rights Council Should Move to Investigate Beirut Blast
Click to expand Image High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk speaks at a news conference in Khartoum, Sudan, November 16, 2022. © 2022 Marwan Ali/AP Photo Support for an international...
View ArticleBold Action Needed Following UN Climate Ambition Summit
Click to expand Image An estimated 75,000 people took part in a march in New York City to “End Fossil Fuels” on September 17, 2023. © 2023 Sarah Grile/HRW On Wednesday, The United Nations held a...
View ArticleChinese Court Imposes Life Sentence on Uyghur Scholar
Click to expand Image Rahile Dawut © Lisa Ross On Thursday, the human rights group Dui Hua Foundation confirmed that Chinese authorities have handed down a life sentence on the internationally...
View ArticleAzerbaijan: Ensure Civilians’ Rights in Nagorno Karabakh
Click to expand Image A local government worker, right in red, tries to reassure residents during shooting in the vicinity, in Stepanakert/Khankendi, Nagorno-Karabakh on September 21, 2023. © 2023 AP...
View ArticleSouth Korea’s ‘Anonymous Birthing’ Bill Fails Women, Children
Click to expand Image A “baby box,” where mothers can leave unwanted children, is visible on the left at Joosarang church as a preacher and two children go for a walk in Seoul, South Korea, September...
View ArticleIMF: Austerity Loan Conditions Risk Undermining Rights
Click to expand Image © 2023 Brian Stauffer for Human Rights Watch (Washington DC) – The International Monetary Fund, with a global debt crisis looming, is setting conditions for its loans that risk...
View ArticleIraq: Torture Survivors Await US Redress, Accountability
The US government has apparently failed to provide compensation or other redress to Iraqis who suffered torture and other abuse by US forces at Abu Ghraib and other US-run prisons in Iraq two decades...
View ArticleGuinea: Significant Progress in 2009 Massacre Trial
Click to expand Image Former Guinean president Moussa Dadis Camara, one of eleven men accused of committing crimes during the 2009 Guinean stadium massacre, is heard by judges on December 19, 2022, as...
View ArticleRising Seas, Broken Promises in Panama
Click to expand Image Dark clouds and stormy seas foreshadow future climate change impacts on the island of Gardi Sugdub. © 2023 Pamela Vacacurva for Human Rights Watch Today – September 25, 2023 – is...
View ArticleBrazil: Disability Plan Should End Warehousing
(Brasilia) – The Brazilian government, in its upcoming plan for people with disabilities, should set out concrete plans for deinstitutionalization, Human Rights Watch said today. The plan, to be...
View ArticleIndigenous Peoples Secure Decisive Victory in Brazil
Click to expand Image Brazilian Xokleng Indigenous people celebrate after a majority on Brazil's Supreme Court voted against the so-called legal thesis of 'Marco Temporal' (Temporal Milestone), in...
View ArticlePolish Volunteer Detained for Aiding Migrants
Click to expand Image Polish border guards watch asylum seekers stuck at the Polish-Belarus border in Bialowieza, May 28, 2023. © 2023 Sipa via AP Images Polish authorities have hit a new low in their...
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