A Human Rights Economy is Key to Sustainable Development
Click to expand Image Students in a pre-primary school classroom in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, 2021. © 2021 Bede Sheppard / Human Rights Watch The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a global plan...
View ArticleEl Salvador: Drop Charges Against Rights Activist
Click to expand Image Rubén Ignacio Zamora Rivas during an interview with El Diario de Hoy on October 12, 2021, San Salvador, El Salvador. © 2021 Jonatan Funes/El Diario de Hoy (Washington, DC) – A...
View ArticleUS Lawmakers Should Protect Vaccination Mandates, Sex Ed in Schools
Click to expand Image © 2022 Laura Freeman for Human Rights Watch Cervical cancer should be almost nonexistent, as it's one of the most treatable and preventable cancers. However, women in the United...
View ArticleRwanda: End Abuses Against Journalists
Click to expand Image Dieudonné Niyonsenga. © Private (Nairobi) – Rwandan authorities should release journalist Dieudonné Niyonsenga, also known as Cyuma Hassan, and urgently investigate serious...
View ArticleBurundi President Stokes Fear Among LGBT People
Click to expand Image Burundi President Evariste Ndayishimiye addresses the U.N. General Assembly in New York City, September 21, 2023. © 2023 Brendan McDermid/Reuters In an ever-worsening climate for...
View ArticleMexico: Reject Any New US Border Expulsion Deal
Click to expand Image Venezuelans walk near a bridge that crosses the Rio Grande River after being expelled from the United States into Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022. The Biden...
View ArticleNo Justice for Murder of Eswatini Activist
Click to expand Image A vigil decrying the assassination of Eswatini Human Rights Lawyer Thulani Maseko in Nakuru Town, Kenya, January 30, 2023. © 2023 James Wakibia/SOPA Images via AP Photo January...
View ArticleSeveral Investigative Journalists Under Pressure in Ukraine
Click to expand Image Yurii Nikolov. © Private On January 14, unknown assailants attempted to break into the Kyiv apartment of Ukrainian journalist Yurii Nikolov, co-founder and editor of...
View ArticleHouthis Blockade Taizz while Attacking Ships in Response to Israel Siege of Gaza
Click to expand Image A group of women and children get water from a water truck in the Osaifera area, Taizz, March 7, 2023. © 2023 Ahmed Al-Basha Yemen’s Houthis are making headlines as they launch...
View ArticleIraq: Iranian Attack Kills Civilians in Erbil
Click to expand Image A view of a damaged building following missile attacks, in Erbil, Iraq, January 16, 2024. © 2024 Azad Lashkari/Reuters (Beirut) – An Iranian ballistic missile attack struck a...
View ArticleSenegal: Pre-Election Crackdown
Click to expand Image People protest the possibility that President Macky Sall could run for a third term in the presidential elections scheduled for February 2024 in Dakar, Senegal, on May 12, 2023....
View ArticleA Step for Freedom of Religion and Belief in Indonesia
Click to expand Image In Indonesia, a believer in Judaism shows his new ID card with the religious column, "Belief in the one God." © 2023 Andreas Harsono/Human Rights Watch In a step forward for...
View ArticleIndia Hindu Temple Opening Stokes Religious Minority Fears
Click to expand Image A man waves a flag with the Hindu god Ram to celebrate the opening of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya city, India, January 16, 2024. © 2024 Altaf Qadri/AP Photo Saffron flags and...
View ArticleMacron Should Call Out Modi’s Rights Crackdown During India Visit
Click to expand Image India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi (L) and France's President Emmanuel Macron attend a meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Paris on July 14, 2023. © 2023 Blondet...
View ArticleTrinidad and Tobago: Secure Return of Trinidadians Held in Syria
Click to expand Image A Trinidadian boy, then 16, looks out a window in the Houry detention center in northeast Syria on June 18, 2019. He was one of eight family members brought to Syria by his...
View ArticleUN: Draft Cybercrime Treaty Threatens Rights
Click to expand Image United Nations Headquarters building in Manhattan, New York City, on December 21, 2021. © 2021 Sergi Reboredo / VWPics via AP Images (New York) – The draft global cybercrime...
View ArticleSri Lanka’s Proposed Internet Law Threatens Upcoming Elections
A repressive new internet law that Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe is trying to rush through parliament this week would create broad and vague new speech-related offenses punishable by...
View ArticlePanama Moves Closer Towards First Climate-Related Relocation
Click to expand Image Aerial view of houses for the new community where the residents of Gardi Sugdub will be transferred in Kuna Yala, Panama, October 12, 2023. © 2023 Adri Salido/Getty Images Next...
View ArticleMeta: Protect LGBT People from Digital Targeting
Click to expand Image © 2024 Human Rights Watch (Beirut) – Meta should do more to protect the safety of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people and all its users, in particular on...
View ArticleIran: 2 Detainees Executed, 11 Await Imminent Execution
Click to expand Image Ghezel Hesar prison is approximately eight kilometers southwest of Rajai Shahr in the city of Karaj. It is considered one of the largest prisons in the Middle East. The...
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