Myanmar: Rohingya at Risk in Rakhine Fighting
Click to expand Image Villagers flee fighting between Myanmar security forces and the Arakan Army near the Bangladesh-Myanmar border in Cox's Bazar district, Bangladesh, February 6, 2024. © 2024 Syed...
View ArticleIsrael: Rafah Evacuation Plans Catastrophic, Unlawful
Click to expand Image A girl stands by the rubble outside a building hit by Israeli bombardment in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on October 31, 2023. © 2023 Mohammed Abed/AFP via Getty Images...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Aid Cutbacks, Taliban Abuses Imperil Health
Click to expand Image A woman holds her 1-year-old son, who nearly died from malnutrition, inside the hospital in Mirbacha Kot, Afghanistan, October 24, 2021. © 2021 AP Photo/Bram Janssen The loss of...
View ArticleSenegal: Delayed Elections Spark Violence, Repression
Click to expand Image Detained demonstrators on a police pick up during a protest against the postponement of the February 25, 2024 presidential election, in Dakar, Senegal, on February 9, 2024. ©...
View ArticlePakistan: Ensure Fair, Peaceful Transition of Power
Click to expand Image A big screen showing the results of Pakistan’s parliamentary elections at the Pakistan Election Commission headquarters, in Islamabad, Pakistan, February 9, 2024. © 2024 Anjum...
View ArticleYemen: Houthis Recruit More Child Soldiers Since October 7
(Beirut) – The Houthis say they have recruited thousands of people to their armed forces since October 7, 2023, and activists report the armed group recruiting children as young as 13, Human Rights...
View ArticleHungary: Media Curbs Harm Rule of Law
Click to expand Image A man holds a banner showing the eyes of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban during a protest against the government's alleged use of powerful spyware to spy on critical...
View ArticleFire Deaths in Peruvian Mine Demonstrates the Failings of Sustainability...
Click to expand Image View of the La Esperanza mine, where at least 27 people died in the Yanaquihua district of Arequipa, southern Peru, on May 7, 2023. © 2023 AFP via Getty Images Last May, a large...
View ArticleUN’s Financial Troubles Jeopardize Critical Human Rights Work
Click to expand Image Delegates sit at the opening of the 41th session of the Human Rights Council, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, June 24, 2019. © 2019...
View ArticleMozambique: Pregnant Students, Adolescent Mothers Leave School
Click to expand Image Girls walk out of the main entrance of a public school in Nacala, Mozambique, July 4, 2018. © 2018 Gianluigi Guercia/APF via Getty Images Pregnant or parenting adolescent girls...
View ArticleTrial for Cameroon Village Massacre Drags On
Click to expand Image Memorial ceremony held on February 21, 2020 at the Saint Theresia Cathedral l in Kumbo, North-West region, Cameroon, for victims of the Ngarbuh massacre. © 2020 Private On...
View ArticleDutch Postcode Lottery Renews Partnership with Human Rights Watch
(Amsterdam, February 14, 2024) – The Dutch Postcode Lottery, the largest charity lottery in the Netherlands, has renewed its partnership with Human Rights Watch for a period of five years. The...
View ArticleRussia: First Convictions Under LGBT ‘Extremist’ Ruling
Click to expand Image Oleg Nefedov, a judge of Russia's Supreme Court, reads a decision on a ministry of justice's request to brand the "international LGBT movement" an extremist organisation and ban...
View ArticleNepal: Barriers to Transgender Legal Recognition
Click to expand Image Bhumika Shrestha, a transgender woman in Kathmandu, Nepal, holds her citizenship certificate in 2023, which lists her name, current photo, and female gender. © 2023 Laxman...
View ArticleZimbabwe Considers Abolishing Death Penalty
Click to expand Image Inmates walk past a prison guard at the Chikurubi maximum security prison in Harare, Zimbabwe, May 20, 2015. © 2015 Jekesai Njikizana/Getty Images Zimbabwe’s cabinet has approved...
View ArticleConfronting the Climate Crisis Can Also Advance Socio-Economic Rights
Click to expand Image A boat travels through a section of the Amazon River affected by drought in Amazonas state, near Manacapuru, Brazil, September 27, 2023. © 2023 Edmar Barros/AP Photo Data...
View ArticleWorld Court to Review 57-Year Israeli Occupation
Click to expand Image The International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands, August 27, 2018. © 2018 Mike Corder/AP Photo (The Hague) – An unprecedented number of countries and international...
View ArticleRussia: Navalny Dies in Prison
Click to expand Image Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny and his wife Yulia take part in a march in memory of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov in Moscow, Russia on March 29, 2020. © 2020 AP...
View ArticleHong Kong: Governments Should Oppose Security Bill
Click to expand Image Hong Kong riot police detain a protester during a demonstration against Beijing's national security legislation, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong, May 24, 2020. © 2020 Vincent Yu/AP...
View ArticleGovernments Target Nationals Living Abroad
Click to expand Image © 2024 Brian Stauffer for Human Rights Watch Governments across the globe are reaching beyond their borders and committing human rights abuses against their own nationals or...
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