Section: Human Rights Watch (USA)
Ukraine: Executions, Torture During Russian Occupation
Click to expand Image Volodymyr Ivashchenko shows the basement where he sheltered in the initial days of the war, together with his wife, mother-in-law, daughter, and 3-year-old grandson, in Yahidne, April 17, 2022. His 70-year-old mother-in-law, Nadezhda Buchenko, died in the school basement during the internment by Russian forces. © 2022 Human...
End Cluster Munition Attacks in Ukraine
Click to expand Image The rocket motor and tail section of a 220mm Uragan cluster munition rocket that struck a cemetery in Mykolaiv, southern Ukraine, March 21, 2022. © 2022 Bülent Kılıç/AFP via Getty Images Russian armed forces have used at least six types of cluster munitions in attacks in Ukraine, and Ukrainian forces also appear to have used...
Australia 2022 Election Questionnaire
Below is a question-by-question compilation of responses by The Coalition, The Australian Labor Party (ALP), and The Greens. The ALP did not respond under each individual question but responded under relevant thematic subheadings, so Human Rights Watch has matched their responses to the questions. Domestic Policy Should Australia’s...
Ukraine: Migrants Locked Up Near Front Lines
Click to expand Image A member of the Ukrainian armed forces walks past the wreckage of a house damaged by rockets on the southern outskirts of Mykolaiv, Ukraine on March 9, 2022. © 2022 Scott Peterson/Getty Images (Berlin) – Migrants and asylum seekers locked up in a migrant detention center in Mykolaiv on the edge of the front lines in southern...
Central African Republic: Abuses by Russia-Linked Forces
Click to expand Image A UN peacekeeper alongside a member of Russian security forces and a member of Central African President Faustin-Archange Touadéra’s presidential guard in Bangui, December 27, 2020. © 2020 Alexis Huguet/AFP (Nairobi) – Forces in the Central African Republic, whom witnesses identified as Russian, appear to have...
Mexico: Address Persistent Violence Against Journalists
Click to expand Image Journalists from Veracruz commemorate their killed colleagues and demand an end to violence against journalists during a nationwide demonstration, at the Zócalo of Veracruz, Mexico, on 25 January 2022. © 2022 Felix Marquez/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images. (Washington DC) – Escalating violence against journalists in Mexico is...
Ukraine: Russian Forces Fired On Civilian Vehicles
Click to expand Image Maksym Maksymenko’s shot-up car in Hostomel, Ukraine. Russian forces opened fire on the vehicle on February 28, 2022 while Maksym was trying to evacuate with his mother, mother-in-law, wife, and their toddler son. Maksym and his wife were wounded, his mother died. © April 2022 Richard Weir/Human Rights Watch (Kyiv) –...
Older People No Longer Invisible Casualties of War in Ukraine
Click to expand Image An older woman is evacuated from a hospice in Chasiv Yar city, Donetsk district, Ukraine, April 18, 2022. © 2022 AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris The impact of war on older people has never been more visible than in the conflict in Ukraine. Images of older people unable to reach the safety of basements, being carried over...
On May 1, End Violence and Harassment at Work
On International Workers’ Day, May 1, countries worldwide celebrate workers’ rights, and people take to the streets to call for better working conditions. Governments should also recognize people’s rights to safety and dignity in the world of work by ratifying the International Labour Organization (ILO) Violence and Harassment...
Poland: Trafficking, Exploitation Risks for Refugees
Click to expand Image Refugees from Ukraine arrive at the border city of Medyka, Poland on April 21, 2022 © 2022 The Yomiuri Shimbun via AP Images (Brussels) – Refugees from Ukraine, particularly women and girls, face heightened risks of gender-based violence, trafficking, and other exploitation due to lack of systematic protection and security...
