Burundi: Journalist’s Conviction Violates Free Speech Rights
Click to expand Image Floriane Irangabiye © Private. The conviction of the Burundian journalist Floriane Irangabiye on charges of “undermining the integrity of the national territory” on January 2,...
View ArticleCharge with 10-Year Sentence Reinstated Against Kazakhstan Opposition Figure
Click to expand Image Kazakh opposition politician Zhanbolat Mamai speaks during an interview in Almaty, Kazakhstan, January 28, 2022. © 2022 Pavel Mikheyev/REUTERS As Kazakhstan gears up for...
View ArticleSouth Sudan: Rights Abuses Overshadow Pope’s Visit
Click to expand Image South Sudan President Salva Kiir meets Pope Francis during a private audience at the Vatican on March 16, 2019. © 2019 AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino (Nairobi) – Pope Francis’...
View ArticleAllegations of Bangladesh Police Torture, Illegal Detentions
Click to expand Image Police confront Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) activists gathered in front of the party's central office in Dhaka on December 7, 2022. © 2022 Rehman Asad/Getty Images...
View ArticleHuman Rights Watch to Open Jordan Regional Office
Click to expand Image © 2022 Human Rights Watch (Amman) – Human Rights Watch will open a regional office in Amman, Jordan, in February 2023, in a move to intensify its advocacy on key human rights...
View ArticleDR Congo: Atrocities by Rwanda-Backed M23 Rebels
Click to expand Image People displaced by fighting between the M23 armed group and Congolese government forces gather north of Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, on November 25, 2022. © 2022 AP...
View ArticleNigeria: Impunity, Insecurity Threaten Elections
Click to expand Image Women cast their ballots as they vote in the presidential and parliamentary elections on February 23, 2019, at a polling station in Daura, Katsina State, northwest Nigeria. ©...
View ArticleUN Message to Ghana on Mental Health Care
Click to expand Image Two men with a real or perceived mental health condition held by a chain around their ankle at Mount Horeb Prayer Centre in the Eastern Region in Ghana. © 2022 Shantha Rau...
View ArticleHouthis Violating Women’s and Girls' Rights in Yemen
Click to expand Image A Yemeni woman shops at a market in Yemen's third city of Taiz, on December 15, 2022. © 2022 Ahmad Al-Basha/AFP via Getty Images Several United Nations human rights experts...
View ArticlePakistan: IMF Bailout Should Advance Economic Rights
Click to expand Image A produce vendor waits for customers at a market in Islamabad, Pakistan, on January 22, 2022. © 2022 AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File. (New York) – The International Monetary Fund (IMF)...
View ArticleAfghan Professor Jailed After Protesting Restrictions on Women
Click to expand Image Ismail Mashal, a journalism professor, speaks during an interview with AFP in Kabul on December 30, 2022. © 2022 AFP via Getty Images February 2 marked 500 days since the Taliban...
View ArticleFrance’s Anti-Racism Action Plan Ignores Institutional Racism
Click to expand Image French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne presents the National Plan against racism, anti-semitism and ethnic discrimination for 2023-2026, at the Arab World Institute in Paris on...
View ArticleGaza: Sisters at Risk After Return to Father
Click to expand Image Wissam al-Tawil, 23, and Fatma al-Tawil, 19. © Private (Gaza) – Gaza authorities should urgently ensure the safety and freedom of two adult sisters reported to be in forced...
View ArticleLebanon Rejects Civil Marriages, Puts Children at Risk
Click to expand Image Khalil Rizkallah and Nada Nehme during their online civil marriage ceremony in Lebanon, November 2021. © 2021 Khalil Rizkallah Couples in Lebanon who married in online civil...
View ArticleIndian Courts Provide Government a Pathway on Rights
Click to expand Image Police and demonstrators scuffle during a protest against discriminatory citizenship laws outside Jamia University in Delhi, February 10, 2020. © 2020 Manish Rajput/SOPA Images...
View ArticleRussia Legalizes Massive DNA Collection Without Oversight
Click to expand Image DNA sample is pipetted into a Petri dish, January 20, 2020. © 2020 Klaus Ohlenschläger/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law extending...
View ArticleTime to Tackle Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Toxic Air
Click to expand Image Air pollution in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, February 2, 2023. © 2023 Emina Cerimovic/ Human Rights Watch Air pollution in Bosnia and Herzegovina’s cities remains some of...
View ArticleAlgeria: Reverse Decision to Dissolve Leading Human Rights Group
Click to expand Image A demonstration in Algiers, Algeria, on March 30, 2021. © 2021 Louiza Ammi/Abaca/Sipa USA (Beirut) – Algerian authorities should reverse the decision to dissolve the Algerian...
View Article20th Annual Human Rights Watch Canada Film Festival
Click to expand Image Still from the film UÝRA: THE RISING FOREST © (Toronto, February 8, 2023) - The Annual Human Rights Watch Canada Film Festival (HRWFF) in partnership with Hot Docs Cinema will be...
View ArticleAlready Complicit in Libya Migrant Abuse, EU Doubles Down on Support
Click to expand Image Neighbourhood and Enlargement Commissioner Oliver Várhelyi, and Antonio Tajani, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs of Italy, at the official handover ceremony of the first...
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