The ministers who announced the coming amnesty cited prison overcrowding, due mainly to strict drug trafficking laws.

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What a year it’s been. 2024 held plenty of hard news for nature, but there were also notable wins. Those successes deserve to ...

In 2023, former president Andrés Manuel López Obrador issued a decree banning the use of GM corn for human consumption on the ...

A general election in Germany is expected in February 2025. In December 2024, Human Rights Watch wrote to political parties ...

(Nairobi) – Cameroon ’s authorities should immediately reverse the suspension of a prominent human rights group, Human Rights ...

I am honored to appear before this commission to testify, on behalf of Human Rights Watch, regarding the human rights ...

In a year when much of the news felt incredibly grim, Human Rights Watch wants to take time to share the progress that we’ve ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday accused Israel of “acts of genocide” against Palestinians in Gaza by depriving them of ...

NEW YORK -- Human Rights Watch on Thursday accused Israel of causing the deaths of thousands of Palestinians by systematically restricting and targeting Gaza’s water supply in a campaign that ...