Guatemala: Ensure Free, Fair Run-Off Election
Click to expand Image Demonstrators protest outside the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) demanding authorities respect the voting results of the first round of Guatemala's presidential election, in...
View ArticleSouthern African Leaders Silent over Abuses in Mozambique
Click to expand Image A military convoy of South Africa National Defence Forces in Pemba, Mozambique, August 5, 2021. © 2021 Alfredo Zuniga/AFP via Getty Images Leaders from across Southern Africa met...
View ArticleIran: Mass Arrests of Women’s Rights Defenders
Click to expand Image Iranians protests the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini after she was detained by the morality police, in Tehran, October 1, 2022. © 2022 AP Photo/Middle East Images (Beirut) –...
View ArticleFuture Bleak for Rohingya in Bangladesh, Myanmar
Click to expand Image Rohingya refugees gather in Kutupalong camp to mark the 2nd anniversary of the start of the Myanmar military’s 2017 atrocities, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, August 25, 2019. © 2019...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia: Mass Killings of Migrants at Yemen Border
Read a text description of this video Text on Screen:WARNINGThis video contains violent images and descriptions including people being shot at, and dead bodies. Viewer discretion advised.Actor’s...
View ArticleNortheast Syria: Thousands Displaced in Dire Conditions
Click to expand Image The Serekaniye Camp, which as of August 1, 2023, hosted about 15,570 internally displaced people, Al-Hasakeh governorate, Syria, May 2023. © 2023 Hanan Salah/Human Rights Watch...
View ArticleNo End to Taliban Revenge Killings in Afghanistan
Click to expand Image Taliban fighters patrol in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 19, 2021. © 2021 Rahmat Gul/AP Photo A new United Nations report on extrajudicial killings in Afghanistan under the Taliban...
View ArticleDR Congo: Crackdown on Opposition Ahead of Elections
Click to expand Image Supporters of opposition political parties protest against the electoral process in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 25, 2023. © 2023 Justin Makangara/Anadolu Agency...
View ArticlePakistan: Mob Attacks Christian Settlement
Click to expand Image Pakistani Christians hold a demonstration condemning a recent mob attack on a Christian settlement, Peshawar, Pakistan, August 20, 2023. © 2023 Mohammad Sajjad/AP Photo (New...
View ArticleLebanon: Harrowing Prison Conditions
Click to expand Image Roumieh prison, Roumieh, Lebanon, October 1, 2020. © 2020 Mohamed Azakir/Reuters (Beirut) – Prison conditions in Lebanon have dangerously deteriorated amid the country’s...
View ArticleIraq: Scrap Anti-LGBT Bill
Click to expand Image © 2022 John Holmes for Human Rights Watch (Beirut) – The Iraqi government should immediately withdraw a proposed law currently before parliament that would impose the death...
View ArticleRepression Undermines Jordan’s Reform Narrative
Click to expand Image Jordan's King Abdullah II gives a speech to parliament, in Amman, Jordan, December 10, 2020. © 2020 Yousef Allan/The Royal Hashemite Court via AP Photo “Jordan was never an...
View ArticleEcuadorians Vote to “Keep the Oil in the Soil" in the Amazon
Click to expand Image Members of the Waorani Indigenous community demonstrate for peace, for nature and to promote a Yes vote in a referendum to end oil drilling in the Yasuni National Park, Ecuador,...
View ArticleBosnia and Herzegovina Should Stop Institutionalizing People with Disabilities
Click to expand Image A man holds a banner that reads "Where is Humanity" during a protest following the release of disturbing photos from the Pazaric care home, Sarajevo, Bosnia, November 22, 2019....
View ArticleThailand: Cambodian Opposition Activist Assaulted
Click to expand Image Phorn Phanna, a Cambodian opposition activist and refugee, holds a sign criticizing the Cambodian government’s transfer of power, July 26, 2023. © 2023 Private (New York) – Thai...
View ArticleViolent Assault on Drag Event in Lebanon
Click to expand Image The drag artist known as Latiza Bombe hides on the terrace of a bar after it was attacked by a group of conservative Christians who identify as the “Soldiers of God,” in Beirut,...
View ArticleInterfaith Discussion on Israel’s Apartheid against Palestinians
Click to expand Image Rabbi Brant Rosen speaking at the Parliament of the World’s Religions in Chicago, Illinois on August 16, 2023. © 2023 Victoria Strang/Human Rights Watch At a gathering of 7,000...
View ArticleWest Bank: Spike in Israeli Killings of Palestinian Children
Click to expand Image Left to Right, Adam Ayyad, Wadea Abu Ramuz, Mahmoud al-Sadi, and Mohammed al-Sleem. © Private The Israeli military and border police forces are killing Palestinian children with...
View ArticleVietnam: Free Democracy Campaigners
Click to expand Image Bui Tuan Lam at Vietnam’s Universal Periodic Review session at the United Nations Human Rights Council, Geneva, February 2014. © 2014 Private Click to expand Image Tran Van...
View ArticleUS Sanctions Rights Abusers in Eastern Congo
Click to expand Image M23 fighters in Kibumba, near Goma, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, December 23, 2022. © 2022 Arlette Bashizi/Reuters The United States government has imposed financial...
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