On World Day Against Child Labor, US Should Protect Young Farmworkers
Click to expand Image “Sofia,” a 17-year-old tobacco worker, on a dirt road near her home in North Carolina. © 2015 Benedict Evans for Human Rights Watch As the world marks another World Day Against...
View ArticleRecognized Yet Limited: Abortion Rights in Nepal
Click to expand Image Nepalese police outside the Supreme Court in Kathmandu, Nepal on February 23, 2021. © 2021 Narayan Maharjan/NurPhoto via AP Following the deaths of countless women who had...
View ArticleKazakhstan: Opposition Politician Could Face 10-Year Sentence
Click to expand Image Zhanbolat Mamay © Inga Imanbay (Berlin, June 13, 2022) – A prominent opposition figure in Kazakhstan faces up to 10 years in prison on charges of organizing mass riots and...
View ArticleUS Government Watchdog Finds Flawed Weapons Monitoring in Yemen
Click to expand Image A delegation from Saudi Arabia examines models of military equipment at the Dubai Airshow 2021, in the UAE on November 14, 2021. © 2021 Andrea DiCenzo/Getty Images A new internal...
View ArticleGaza: Israel’s ‘Open-Air Prison’ at 15
(Gaza) – Israel’s sweeping restrictions on leaving Gaza deprive its more than two million residents of opportunities to better their lives, Human Rights Watch said today on the fifteenth anniversary of...
View ArticleCouncil of Europe Presses Pause on Draft Mental Health Protocol
Click to expand Image The headquarters of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg. © 2018 Human Rights Watch After a long fight by human rights advocates, the Council of Europe has temporarily suspended...
View ArticleCambodia: 51 Opposition Politicians Convicted in Mass Trial
Click to expand Image Cambodia's exiled opposition leader Sam Rainsy speaks to the media in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on November 12, 2019. © 2019 AP Photo/Vincent Thian, File (Bangkok) – A Cambodian...
View ArticlePhilippines: Ensure Rights Commission’s Independence
Click to expand Image Activists protest against presidential candidate Ferdinand Marcos Jr. during a rally outside the Commission on Human Rights in Quezon City, the Philippines, on May 25, 2022. ©...
View ArticleAfghanistan’s Taliban Crack Down on Vloggers
Click to expand Image Ajmal Haqiqi (center) and two colleagues after their arrest, Kabul, June 7, 2021. Source: General Directorate of Intelligence, Twitter, June 7, 2022...
View ArticleUN Rights Chief – Again – Promises Xinjiang Report
Click to expand Image Chinese President Xi Jinping holds a virtual meeting with UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet during her visit to Guangzhou, China, May 25, 2022. © 2022 OHCHR...
View ArticleNew Philippine Security Adviser Urges End to ‘Red-Tagging’
Click to expand Image Philippine incoming national security adviser Clarita Carlos (L) and President-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr. © BBM Media Bureau The incoming national security adviser to...
View ArticleUS Immigrants Who Arrived as Children Remain Stuck in Impermanence
Click to expand Image DACA recipients hold a rally in New York on August 17, 2021 to demand citizenship now for all undocumented immigrants. © 2021 Lev Radin/Sipa via AP Images Ten years ago, on June...
View ArticleMyanmar: The Rohingya’s Decade of Detention
Click to expand Image A Rohingya boy watches soldiers patrol his camp in Sittwe, May 13, 2013. © 2013 Gemunu Amarasinghe/AP Photo (Bangkok) – The Myanmar authorities have detained over 135,000...
View ArticleUN Chief Should Name Bold Rights Advocate to Succeed Bachelet
Click to expand Image UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres addresses the opening of the 43rd session of the Human Rights Council, at the UN headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, February 24, 2020. ©...
View ArticleUkraine: Russian Landmine Use Endangers Civilians
Click to expand Image TM-62 anti-vehicle mines found during a mine clearance mission near Bervytsia, a village previously occupied by Russian forces, Kyiv region, Ukraine, April 21, 2022. © 2022 Sipa...
View ArticleAustralia: Prioritize Rights at Home, Abroad
Click to expand Image Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese waves alongside newly appointed Foreign Minister Penny Wong, at the door of their plane in Canberra, Australia, May 23, 2022. © 2022...
View ArticleAfrica: End Rights Abuses Against Girls
Click to expand Image A 16-year-old girl who is pregnant stands in the hallway of her residence in Mbare township in Harare, Zimbabwe, November 2021. © 2021 AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi (Nairobi) –...
View ArticleFeminist and LGBT Rights Activist on Trial in Russia
A prosecutor has called for Russian activist Yulia Tsvetkova to serve three years and two months in prison during a closed trial over absurd “pornography” charges. Click to expand Image Yulia...
View ArticleExplosive Weapons: Declaration to Curb Civilian Harm
Click to expand Image Damage caused to residential buildings by a Russian attack on March 13, 2022 on Myru Avenue in Chernihiv city, April 19, 2022. Local official said at least six people were...
View ArticleUS: Groups Ask Biden to Create Commission to Study Reparations
Click to expand Image Kehmari Norman, a community garden specialist in DC and owner of Black Flower Market (BLK FLWR MRKT) and a local volunteer tend to a 150-foot garden planted outside the White...
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