Burkina Faso: Unlawful Killings, ‘Disappearances’ by the Army
Click to expand Image Burkina Faso soldiers patrol aboard a pickup truck on the road from Dori to the Goudebo refugee camp, on February 3, 2020. © 2020 OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT/AFP via Getty Images The...
View ArticleIntercommunal Violence in Western Congo Kills Scores
Click to expand Image Bandundu’s Malebo market turned into a camp hosting displaced people despite a Congolese government attempt to close it. © 2022 Venance Kalenga/Human Rights Watch Gunmen...
View ArticleUS Ends Critical Investigation in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley
Click to expand Image Fossil fuel and petrochemical plants line the area known as 'Cancer Alley," near Baton Rouge, Louisiana, October 15, 2013. © 2013 Giles Clarke/Getty Images On Tuesday, the United...
View ArticleKilling of Family Sparks Inquiry in Philippines
Click to expand Image A demonstration at the inauguration of Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in Plaza Miranda, Manila, June 30, 2022. © 2022 Ryan Eduard Benaid/SOPA Images/Sipa USA/AP Images The killing of a...
View ArticleUkraine Promises Inquiry into Banned Landmine Use
Click to expand Image Members of a special demining unit of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine searching for landmines in Horenka, Kyiv oblast, May 27, 2022. © 2022 Maxym Marusenko/NurPhoto via...
View ArticleExtreme Heat Signals Need for Inclusive Climate Action
Click to expand Image Waris Ali, 45, from Tahirpur, Sunamganj, with his daughter and grandchildren in his house located adjacent to the river. His son, Royis Miah, 21, who had an intellectual and...
View ArticleEnding Japan’s ‘Hostage Justice’ System
Click to expand Image Photo taken at the “End ‘Hostage Justice’ in Japan Project” launch event in Osaka, Japan on June 30, 2023, organized by Human Rights Watch and Innocence Project Japan. © 2023...
View ArticleUK Anti-Boycott Bill on the Wrong Side of History
Click to expand Image Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Michael Gove speaking to the media outside BBC Broadcasting House in London, UK, June 30, 2023. © 2023 Press...
View ArticleUN Peacekeeping Mission in Mali to End
Click to expand Image Vehicles from the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) Long Range Reconnaissance Group (LRRG) in the vicinity of Menaka, Mali, on...
View ArticleEthnic Violence Spirals in India’s Northeastern Manipur State
Click to expand Image The remains of burned houses following clashes between ethnic groups in the northeastern Indian state of Manipur, June 21, 2023. © 2023 Sipa via AP Images India’s Manipur state...
View ArticleUS Supreme Court Erodes Anti-Discrimination Laws
Click to expand Image A person protests outside the Supreme Court in anticipation of the decision in the case 303 Creative v. Elenis, in Washington, DC, June 30, 2023. © 2023 AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib...
View ArticleBahrain: Quash Religious Freedom Convictions
Click to expand Image Flag of Bahrain in Sakhir, March 2, 2023. © 2023 Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via AP Photo Last week, Jalal al-Qassab, 60, and Redha Rajab, 67, filed their third and final appeals...
View ArticleIran: New Charges Against Journalists
Click to expand Image Iranians protesting in Tehran, Iran, on October 1, 2022. © 2022 AP Photo/Middle East Images (Beirut) – Iranian authorities have brought vague “propaganda” and “national...
View ArticleAustralian Teen Locked in Solitary Confinement for 500 Days
Click to expand Image A prisoner lies in his solitary confinement cell in the safety unit at Lotus Glen Correctional Centre, northern Queensland. Prisoners in solitary confinement typically spend 22...
View ArticleCambodia: Past Vote Irregularities Foreshadow July Election
Click to expand Image A police officer drops his ballot at a polling station in Takhmau in Kandal province, southeast of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, June 5, 2022. © 2022 Heng Sinith/AP Photo (Bangkok) –...
View ArticleUK Turns its Back on Asylum Seekers with Disabilities
Click to expand Image Temporary accommodation for asylum seekers in Heathrow, England, February 2021. © 2021 Adrian Dennis/AFP via Getty Images More than 50 asylum seekers, most of whom have...
View ArticleKyrgyz Woman Wins Strategic Gender Equality Case
Click to expand Image Women march to mark International Women's Day in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, March 8, 2023. Some of the posters read : "The best gift for me it's my rights!, My body, my choice!"© 2023...
View ArticleHong Kong: Warrants Aim at Activists Abroad
Click to expand Image The Hong Kong activist Nathan Law takes part in a demonstration outside the Foreign Office in Berlin, September 1, 2020. © 2020 Tobias Schwarz / AFP via Getty Images (New York) –...
View ArticleJournalist, Rights Lawyer Brutally Attacked in Chechnya
Click to expand Image Elena Milashina © 2009 Patricia Williams Today, a group of armed thugs in Chechnya’s capital, Grozny, attacked Elena Milashina, a prominent journalist and a recipient of Human...
View ArticleJordan Should Take Social Protection All the Way
Click to expand Image Tafilah governorate, where Human Rights Watch found that some people had been excluded from the Unified Cash Transfer Program. © 2023 Private Governments around the world are...
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