Section: Human Rights Watch (USA)
Ukraine: Apparent War Crimes in Russia-Controlled Areas
Click to expand Image Destroyed Russian armored vehicles in the city of Bucha, northwest of Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 4, 2022. © 2022 ARIS MESSINIS/AFP via Getty Images (Warsaw) – Human Rights Watch has documented several cases of Russian military forces committing laws-of-war violations against civilians in occupied areas of the Chernihiv,...
Polish Activists Arrested For Saving Lives
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 It is a tale of two borders. In Poland, at the Ukrainian border, volunteers are heralded as heroes for helping Ukrainian refugees. At the...
Kyrgyzstan: Spate of Criminal Cases Against Journalists
Click to expand Image The Kyrgyzstan flag is raised at Ala-Too Square, in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on March 3, 2022. © 2022 Vladimir Voronin / AP (Bishkek) – Kyrgyzstan authorities have stepped up the harassment of journalists and independent media with a slew of criminal investigations into their work in recent months, Human Rights Watch said today....
Ukraine: Apparent POW Abuse Would Be War Crime
(New York) – Ukraine should ensure an effective investigation into alleged abuse by Ukrainian fighters of Russian prisoners of war (POWs), Human Rights Watch said today. If confirmed, the beating and shooting of captured combatants in their legs would constitute a war crime, and Ukraine needs to demonstrate that it is able and willing to prevent...
Ukraine: Civilians in Besieged Chernihiv Need Access to Essentials
Click to expand Image Damaged residential buildings in the city of Chernihiv in northern Ukraine, where civilians have had limited access to running water, electricity, or heat since Russian forces escalated their assault on the city. © 2022 Private Civilians in Ukraine’s northern city of Chernihiv have had limited access to running water,...
EU: No Business as Usual at China Summit
Click to expand Image European Council President Charles Michel, right, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen participate in a media conference at the conclusion of the 2020 EU-China summit video conference at the European Council in Brussels, June 22, 2020. © 2020 Yves Herman, Pool Photo via AP (Brussels) – European Union...
Ukraine: Russia Uses Banned Antipersonnel Landmines
Click to expand Image POM-3 antipersonnel mines that failed to deploy and remnants of its delivery canister found by deminers in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine on or around March 28. © March 2022, Private (Berlin, March 29, 2022) – Russian forces fighting in Ukraine have used banned antipersonnel mines in the eastern Kharkiv region, Human Rights...
Talks Restart to Curb Explosive Weapons Use in Populated Areas
Click to expand Image Children in front of the Africa/Ayga hotel likely damaged by a direct fire weapon in Humera town, Tigray region, Ethiopia, on …read more Source:: Human Rights...
UN Security Council: Impose Arms Embargo on Myanmar
Click to expand Image A police officer stands in front of anti-coup protesters in Yangon, Myanmar, February 19, 2021. …read more Source:: Human Rights...
New Raids and Arrests in Crimea
Click to expand Image Riot police and Crimean Tatar activists in front of the Kyiv district court building in Simferopol, Crimea, February 17, 2021. …read more Source:: Human Rights...
