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Albanese should reinforce messages about abuses in Hong Kong, Xinjiang, and Tibet and urge the Chinese government to end its ...
Human Rights Watch submits the following information regarding Nepal’s human rights record since its 2021 Universal Periodic Review (UPR), including efforts towards implementation of recommendations ...
An independent U.N. investigator and outspoken critic of Israel's actions in Gaza said "it was shocking" to learn that the ...
The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) June 10 decision to sanction Addameer, a ...
As Europe emerges from a devastating heat wave, the European Parliament should reject efforts, including by industry groups ...
Kyrgyzstan’s parliament on June 25, 2025, passed two draft laws that threaten to significantly weaken media freedom and protection against torture in the country, Human Rights Watch said today.
Reforms passed by Ecuador’s National Assembly and signed by President Daniel Noboa severely threaten children’s rights and fail to protect children who are recruited or used by organized crime ...
Interviews with police officers and internal police documents reveal abusive practices that have led to arbitrary detention and abuse of power in El Salvador.
(Nairobi) – Kenyan authorities should be held accountable for all abuses during countrywide protests on June 25, 2025, including killings, gun injuries, and beatings, Human Rights Watch said ...
An Istanbul court’s decision on June 19, 2025, to allow the detention of a leading defense lawyer for the jailed Istanbul mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu appears to be in reprisal for his legal ...
Worcester human rights commissioners who criticized city leadership won't be reappointed Brad Petrishen Worcester Telegram & Gazette 0:04 ...
The Trump administration can still project a meaningful vision of human rights that is reconcilable with its focus on the security of American citizens.