Section: Human Rights Watch (USA)
Ukraine: Russians Pillage Kherson Cultural Institutions
(Kyiv, December 20, 2022) –Russian military forces and civilians operating under their orders pillaged thousands of valuable artifacts and artworks from two museums, a cathedral, and a national archive in Kherson, before withdrawing after an 8-month occupation of the city, Human Rights Watch said today. Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of...
Doctor Describes Toll of Attack on Hospital in Southern Ukraine
Click to expand Image Ukrainian firefighters work at a damaged hospital maternity ward in Vilniansk, Zaporizka region, Ukraine, Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022. A Russian rocket struck the maternity wing of a hospital in eastern Ukraine on Wednesday, killing a newborn boy and critically injuring a doctor. © 2022 Kateryna Klochko/AP Photo On November 22,...
Veto of Discriminatory Poland Sex Ed Bill Shows Power of Protest
Click to expand Image People attend a “Stop Lex Czarnek” protest at the Main Square in Krakow, Poland on February 15, 2022. © 2022 Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via AP Photo In the last weeks, Polish students and activists regularly gathered in front of Warsaw’s Presidential Palace and across the country to demand respect for their rights. They...
UN Members Try Defunding Budgets for Human Rights Work
Click to expand Image Foreign Minister of Russia Sergey Lavrov addresses the United Nations General Assembly, September 24, 2022 at UN headquarters. © 2022 Mary Altaffer/AP Photo United Nations member countries need to overhaul the budgetary approval process for UN human rights work. The current system, overseen by the General Assembly’s...
Sweden: Technology Offers New Human Rights Perspectives
Click to expand Image Damage from a Russian attack on School 21 on March 3, 2022, in Chernihiv city, April 19, 2022 © 2022 Belkis Wille/Human Rights Watch (Stockholm) – A new investment in technology supported by the Swedish Postcode Lottery has helped document possible war crimes and serious human rights abuses in Ukraine and elsewhere, Human...
Ukraine: Apparent Cluster Munitions Hit Kherson
Click to expand Image The fragmentation pattern left by an apparent cluster munition impact during an attack on a populated neighborhood in Kherson city on November 21 that wounded three civilians, November 22, 2022. © 2022 Belkis Wille/Human Rights Watch © (Kyiv, December 13, 2022) – Russian forces have apparently used cluster munitions on...
Lebanon: Rising Poverty, Hunger Amid Economic Crisis
Click to expand Image People wait in line at a bakery in Beirut, Lebanon, July 2022. © 2022 Hussam Shbaro/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (Beirut) – The majority of people in Lebanon are unable to secure their social and economic rights amid a deepening economic crisis, with low-income households bearing the brunt, Human Rights Watch said today....
Russia: Harsh Sentence For Opposition Politician
Click to expand Image Ilya Yashin waves to supporters in a Moscow courtroom during a hearing on abusive charges against him of spreading “false information” about Russian forces. Moscow, Russia, November 29, 2022. © AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko (New York) – A Moscow court on December 9, 2022, sentenced a Russian opposition...
Poland: Veto Bill Targeting Sex Ed
Click to expand Image People attend ‘Stop Lex Czarnek’ protest at the Main Square in Krakow, Poland on February 15, 2022. ©2022 Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via AP. (London) – President Andrzej Duda of Poland should veto a regressive and discriminatory bill that threatens sex education, including about sexual orientation and gender...
Ukraine: Russian Attacks on Energy Grid Threaten Civilians
Click to expand Image Doctors operate with phone flashlights during a power outage in Kyiv. Numerous missile and drone attacks in October and November have deprived millions of Ukrainians of at least temporary access to electricity, water, heat, and related vital services. Kyiv, November 30, 2022. © 2022 Abdullah Unver/Anadolu Agency via Getty...
