Section: Human Rights Watch (USA)
Poland Finally Lifts State of Emergency at Belarus Border
Click to expand Image Polish border guards patrol along the fence on the Polish-Belarusian border near the village of Nowdziel, June 30, 2022. © 2022 Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto via AP Poland ended its state of emergency on Friday, reopening a strip of land parallel to its border with Belarus to outsiders. This “exclusionary zone,” created 10...
France: Rights Agenda for Macron’s Second Term
Click to expand Image A photo of a TV screen shows French President Emmanuel Macron speaks during televised address on June 22, 2022, in Paris. © Raphael Lafargue/Abaca/Sipa USA(Sipa via AP Images) French President Emmanuel Macron should ensure as he begins his second term, that his administration is effective in placing human rights at the...
Fake Video Calls Aim to Harm Ukraine Refugees
Click to expand Image Berlin mayor Franziska Giffey on a video call with someone using manipulated video footage to impersonate Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko, June 24, 2022. © 2022 Senate Chancellery of Berlin The mayor of Ukraine’s capital Kyiv, former heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko, has appeared on camera for years. Some of this...
Ukraine: Russian Missile Kills Civilians in Shopping Center
Click to expand Image Rescue operations at a shopping center in Kremenchuk, Ukraine, which was hit by a Russian missile on June 27. Photo taken on June 28, 2022. © 2022 Giorgi Gogia/Human Rights Watch (Poltava, June 30, 2022) – Russian forces launched a missile which struck a shopping center in Kremenchuk, central Ukraine, on June 27, 2022. The...
Iran: Rights Defenders Sentenced for Questioning Covid Policies
Click to expand Image Paramedics work in a laboratory that tests samples taken from patients suspected of being infected with the new coronavirus, in the southwestern city of Ahvaz, Iran, March, 10, 2020. © 2020 AP (Beirut) – Iranian authorities sentenced five prominent human rights defenders to prison on June 19, 2022, for attempting to file a...
Morocco/Spain: Horrific Migrant Deaths at Melilla Border
Click to expand Image Migrants hold placards during an anti-racism demonstration in the Moroccan capital Rabat on June 28, 2022. © 2022 AFP via Getty Images (Milan, June 29, 2022) – The deaths of at least 23 African men at the Melilla-Morocco border on June 24, 2022 requires an independent, impartial investigation capable of determining what...
Polish Court Rules Pushback of Asylum Seekers Unlawful
Click to expand Image Two women and a child huddle in sleeping bags on the forest floor after crossing the Polish-Belarusian border near Michalowo on October 6, 2021. © 2021 Maciej Luczniewski/NurPhoto via AP Although a violation of international law, Polish border guards almost daily summarily push back asylum seekers attempting to cross the...
Crackdown in Russia Requires Dedicated UN Monitoring
Click to expand Image Police officers detain a demonstrator holding a poster reading “Hands off Memorial, freedom for political prisoners” in front of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation in Moscow, Russia, December 14, 2021. © 2021 AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin Ten years ago, on July 13, 2012, Russia’s parliament adopted its...
In Ukraine, Women Should Be Protected from Violence in War and Peace
Click to expand Image A woman carries flowers and a placard that says “At the funeral of the patriarchy” during the feminist’s Women March on International Women’s Day 2021 in Kyiv, during which marchers called on the Ukrainian authorities to ratify the Istanbul Convention. © Pavlo Gonchar / SOPA Images/Sipa via AP Images...
Landmines: US Moves Closer Toward Global Ban
Click to expand Image A landmine survivor wearing a prosthetic leg at an event to commemorate the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action in Bogotá, Colombia, April 4, 2022. Colombia is one of 164 countries that has prohibited antipersonnel landmines. © 2022 Raul ARBOLEDA / AFP via Getty Images (Geneva, June 21, 2022) –...
