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Human Rights Watch | Defending Human Rights Worldwide
Oct 26, 2003 · Investigate: We investigate human rights abuses globally. Expose: We publish our findings, share the stories of those affected by abuses, and speak out against injustice. Change: We mobilize the ...
Top Human Rights News of 2021 | Human Rights Watch
Dec 18, 2021 · Human Rights Watch defends the rights of people in close to 100 countries worldwide, spotlighting abuses and bringing perpetrators to justice
Qatar: Rights Abuses Stain FIFA World Cup - Human Rights Watch
Nov 14, 2022 · The FIFA World Cup from November 20 to December 18, 2022, will be played following years of serious migrant labor and human rights abuses in Qatar, Human Rights Watch said today, publishing a ...
Ukraine: Apparent War Crimes in Russia-Controlled Areas
Apr 3, 2022 · Human Rights Watch has documented several cases of Russian military forces committing laws-of-war violations against civilians in occupied areas of the Chernihiv, Kharkiv, and Kyiv regions of Ukraine.
Sudan: Ethnic Cleansing in West Darfur | Human Rights Watch
May 9, 2024 · Attacks by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied militias in El Geneina, the capital city of Sudan’s West Darfur state, from April to November 2023, killed at least thousands of people and ...
Russia: Repressive Laws Used to Crush Civic Freedoms - Human …
Aug 7, 2024 · Legislative amendments adopted since 2022 mark a full-on attack, as the Kremlin has positioned itself as a global defender of “traditional values,” Human Rights Watch said.
World Report 2024 | Human Rights Watch
World Report 2024, Human Rights Watch’s 34th annual review of human rights practices and trends around the globe, reviews developments in more than 100 countries.
US: Abortion Access is a Human Right | Human Rights Watch
Jun 24, 2022 · Human Rights Watch released a new question-and-answer document that articulates the human rights imperative, guided by international law, to ensure access to abortion, which is critical to ...
Killer Robots: UN Vote Should Spur Action on Treaty
Jan 3, 2024 · Countries that approved the first-ever United Nations General Assembly resolution on “killer robots” should promote negotiations on a new international treaty to ban and regulate these weapons ...