Dutch Apology on Slavery Only First Step
Click to expand Image Johan Roozer, of the Suriname National Committee for the Remembrance of Slavery, arriving on December 8, 2022, at the Catshuis in The Hague, the Netherlands, for a discussion...
View ArticleQatar: FIFA World Cup Ending Without Migrant Remedy Fund
Click to expand Image Lusail Stadium in Lusail, Qatar, where the final match of the 2022 World Cup will be played on December 18, 2022. © 2022 Marcio Machado/SPP Sipa via AP Images (Beirut) – The...
View ArticleUN Members Try Defunding Budgets for Human Rights Work
Click to expand Image Foreign Minister of Russia Sergey Lavrov addresses the United Nations General Assembly, September 24, 2022 at UN headquarters. © 2022 Mary Altaffer/AP Photo United Nations member...
View ArticleTwitter’s Suspension of Journalists Threatens Media Freedom
Click to expand Image Elon Musk, Tesla CEO, attends the opening of the Tesla factory Berlin Brandenburg in Gruenheide, Germany, March 22, 2022. © 2022 Patrick Pleul/Pool via AP, File Twitter has...
View ArticleBelarus: In Memory of Aleh Hulak
Click to expand Image Aleh Hulak © 2022 Belarusian Helsinki Committee Human Rights Watch is deeply saddened by the passing of Aleh Hulak, chair of the Belarusian Helsinki Committee (BHC) and a...
View ArticleFIFA’s ‘Best World Cup Ever’ Came at Migrant Workers’ Loss
Click to expand Image FIFA President Gianni Infantino sits in front of a screen showing the Lusail Final Stadium before he meets the media at the FIFA World Cup closing press conference in Doha,...
View ArticleVeto of Discriminatory Poland Sex Ed Bill Shows Power of Protest
Click to expand Image People attend a “Stop Lex Czarnek” protest at the Main Square in Krakow, Poland on February 15, 2022. © 2022 Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via AP Photo In the last weeks, Polish...
View ArticleDon’t Turn Maldives Into World’s Garbage Dump
Click to expand Image Waste emitting fumes on the coastline of Maafushi Island, Maldives, June 25, 2021. © 2021 Dave Primov/Shutterstock On Sunday, Maldives President Ibrahim Solih signed into law the...
View ArticleDoctor Describes Toll of Attack on Hospital in Southern Ukraine
Click to expand Image Ukrainian firefighters work at a damaged hospital maternity ward in Vilniansk, Zaporizka region, Ukraine, Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022. A Russian rocket struck the maternity wing of...
View ArticleKazakhstan: No Justice for January Protest Abuses
Click to expand Image Riot police officers holding 12-gauge shotguns, which can fire both lethal and less-lethal ammunition, in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022. © 2022 AP Photo/Vladimir...
View ArticleUkraine: Russians Pillage Kherson Cultural Institutions
(Kyiv, December 20, 2022) –Russian military forces and civilians operating under their orders pillaged thousands of valuable artifacts and artworks from two museums, a cathedral, and a national archive...
View ArticleTen Good News Stories for Kids in 2022
Click to expand Image Children playing at sunset at Trou aux Biches, Mauritius, April 24, 2019. © 2019 Sergi Reboredo/AP Photo Despite enormous challenges facing many children around the globe, 2022...
View ArticleMillions of Moscow’s Children Surveilled Long Before Data Leak
Click to expand Image A child studies online from home in Moscow, Russia, amidst school closures during the Covid-19 pandemic. October 19, 2020. © 2020 Vladimir Fedorenko/AP Photo Last week, “NLB...
View ArticleTexas: Investigation of Civic Groups Dangerous for Rights
Click to expand Image Texas Governor Greg Abbott, left, and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton confer after an Operation Lone Star roundtable discussion on March 10, 2022, in Weslaco, Texas. © 2022...
View ArticleRussia: ‘Immunity Law’ Set for Crimes in Ukraine
Click to expand Image Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin addresses the State Duma, the lower house of Russia’s Parliament, in Moscow, Russia. July 22, 2020. © 2020 AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko...
View ArticleAfghan University Women Feared This Dark Day
Click to expand Image Afghan female students line up at one of Kabul University's gates in Kabul, Afghanistan, February 26, 2022. © 2022 AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File Last week, I spoke to 21-year-old...
View ArticleRussia’s Oldest Human Rights Group Faces 'Liquidation'
Click to expand Image Moscow Helsinki Group’s logo. © 2022 Moscow Helsinki Group Last week, Russia’s Justice Ministry filed a petition with the Moscow City Court seeking “liquidation” of the Moscow...
View ArticleAzerbaijan: Nagorno-Karabakh Lifeline Road Blocked
Click to expand Image Azerbaijanis protesting on the Lachin road, opposite Russian peacekeeping forces, in Nagorno Karabakh, leading to the closure of the road since December 12, 2022. © 2022 Resul...
View ArticleIran: Brutal Repression in Kurdistan Capital
Click to expand Image Iranians protesting in Sanandaj, the capital of Iran's Kurdistan province, on September 19, 2022. © 2022 AFP via Getty Images (Beirut) – Iranian security forces used excessive...
View ArticleUN Security Council: Historic Censure of Myanmar Junta
(New York) – The United Nations Security Council adopted a resolution on December 21, 2022, denouncing the Myanmar military’s rights violations since the February 1, 2021 coup, Human Rights Watch said...
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