UK Government Severely Eroded Human Rights in 2023
Click to expand Image Protesters hold placards outside the UK’s Supreme Court as it rules that the UK Government's Rwanda asylum plan is unlawful, London, United Kingdom, November 15, 2023. © 2023...
View ArticlePoliticized Courts, Muzzled Media as Türkiye Reaches 100
Click to expand Image A woman waits beside a building that collapsed in the February 6 earthquakes that devastated provinces of southern Türkiye and killed over 50,000 people, injuring and displacing...
View ArticleEU: Falling Short of Protecting Those Most in Need
Click to expand Image People take part in a march on the 34th anniversary of the first democratic elections in postwar Poland, in Warsaw, Poland, June 4, 2023. © 2023 REUTERS/Kacper Pempel (Brussels,...
View ArticleIsrael/Palestine: Unprecedented Killings, Repression
Click to expand Image A resident walks amid the rubble of residential buildings after Israeli airstrikes in al-Zahra neighborhood in the Gaza Strip, October 19, 2023. © 2023 Mustafa Hassona/Anadolu...
View ArticleBrazil: Mixed Rights Record for Lula’s First Year
Click to expand Image Activists protest to demand the end to racism and police violence, after a series of cases in several states of excessive, often deadly, force by police, São Paulo, Brazil,...
View ArticleAsia: Regional Leadership Needed on Human Rights
Click to expand Image (Top left) Afghan refugees return to Afghanistan from Pakistan, in Torkham, Afghanistan, November 3, 2023. (Top Right) Homes destroyed after airstrikes and shelling in Mung Lai...
View ArticleMyanmar Filmmaker Sentenced to Life in Prison
Click to expand Image Prison officials outside of Insein prison in Yangon, February 12, 2022. © 2022 Stringer /AFP via Getty Images On January 10, a Myanmar military court closed to the public...
View ArticleLebanon: Gaddafi Son Wrongfully Held for 8 Years
Click to expand Image Hannibal Gaddafi, son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, in Tripoli, Libya, June 30, 2010. © 2010 REUTERS/Ismail Zitouny (Beirut) – Lebanese authorities should immediately...
View ArticleIndonesia: Protect Newly Arrived Rohingya Refugees
Click to expand Image Ethnic Rohingya women and children board a truck as they are being relocated from their temporary shelter at the basement of a community hall following a protest rejecting...
View ArticleGlobal Rights Crises Deepen as World Leaders Shy Away
Read a text description of this video SOUNDBITE: Tirana Hassan, Executive Director, Human Rights Watch, 2024-01-03, New York (USA):From renewed hostilities between Israel and Hamas to the tremendous...
View ArticleKyrgyzstan: Immediately Cease Harassment of Independent Media
Click to expand Image Police officers detain a journalist covering a protest near the government building in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, January 10, 2023. Protesters demanded the release of detained members...
View ArticleSaudi Government Uses European Football to Sportswash its Reputation
Click to expand Image Inter Milan's players lift the trophy to celebrate winning the Italian SuperCup football match at the King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh on January 18, 2023. © 2023 Fayes...
View ArticleThe EU Deserves Credit for Helping to Protect Democracy in Guatemala
Click to expand Image Bernardo Arévalo, Guatemala's incoming president, center, leads demonstrators during a protest at the Supreme Court of Justice in Guatemala City, Guatemala, December 7, 2023. ©...
View ArticleA Human Rights Economy is Key to Sustainable Development
Click to expand Image Students in a pre-primary school classroom in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, 2021. © 2021 Bede Sheppard / Human Rights Watch The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a global plan...
View ArticleEl Salvador: Drop Charges Against Rights Activist
Click to expand Image Rubén Ignacio Zamora Rivas during an interview with El Diario de Hoy on October 12, 2021, San Salvador, El Salvador. © 2021 Jonatan Funes/El Diario de Hoy (Washington, DC) – A...
View ArticleUS Lawmakers Should Protect Vaccination Mandates, Sex Ed in Schools
Click to expand Image © 2022 Laura Freeman for Human Rights Watch Cervical cancer should be almost nonexistent, as it's one of the most treatable and preventable cancers. However, women in the United...
View ArticleRwanda: End Abuses Against Journalists
Click to expand Image Dieudonné Niyonsenga. © Private (Nairobi) – Rwandan authorities should release journalist Dieudonné Niyonsenga, also known as Cyuma Hassan, and urgently investigate serious...
View ArticleBurundi President Stokes Fear Among LGBT People
Click to expand Image Burundi President Evariste Ndayishimiye addresses the U.N. General Assembly in New York City, September 21, 2023. © 2023 Brendan McDermid/Reuters In an ever-worsening climate for...
View ArticleMexico: Reject Any New US Border Expulsion Deal
Click to expand Image Venezuelans walk near a bridge that crosses the Rio Grande River after being expelled from the United States into Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022. The Biden...
View ArticleNo Justice for Murder of Eswatini Activist
Click to expand Image A vigil decrying the assassination of Eswatini Human Rights Lawyer Thulani Maseko in Nakuru Town, Kenya, January 30, 2023. © 2023 James Wakibia/SOPA Images via AP Photo January...
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