Section: Human Rights Watch (USA)
Kazakhstan: Families Struggle to Enjoy Basic Rights
Click to expand Image A woman carries a child in the village of Zhalanash, Kazakhstan, April 16, 2017. © 2017 REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov (Berlin, October 5, 2022) – Vulnerable populations in Kazakhstan are not able to secure their basic social and economic rights, Human Rights Watch said today. Almost a million people are receiving help from...
Ukraine: Three Men’s Bodies Found in Forest
Click to expand Image Russian-affiliated forces detained and tortured men in a cellar behind these houses that they occupied during March and April in Kapytolivka village, Kharkiv region. September 28, 2022. © 2022 Belkis Wille/Human Rights Watch (Kyiv, October 4, 2022) – Russian-affiliated forces unlawfully detained and apparently killed at...
Fictitious Annexation Follows ‘Voting’ at Gunpoint
Click to expand Image A Russian officer guards a polling station in the city of Luhansk, Ukraine, which is occupied by Russia, Tuesday, Sept 27, 2022 © 2022 AP Photo Vladimir Putin has just signed a document claiming to annex four Russia-occupied Ukrainian territories in Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions. Days before, Russia...
Fictious Annexation Follows ‘Voting’ at Gunpoint
Click to expand Image A Russian officer guards a polling station in the city of Luhansk, Ukraine, which is occupied by Russia, Tuesday, Sept 27, 2022 © 2022 AP Photo Vladimir Putin has just signed a document claiming to annex four Russia-occupied Ukrainian territories in Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions. Days before, Russia...
Hungary Should Guarantee Safety of Lesbian Activists During DykeMarch
Click to expand Image Rising anger over policies of Hungary’s right-wing government filled the streets of the country’s capital as thousands of LGBT activists and supporters marched in the city’s Pride parade in Budapest, Hungary, July 2021. © 2021 Anna Szilagyi/AP Images Hungarian lesbian activists are set to hold their second...
Explosive Weapons Declaration to Curb Civilian Harm
Click to expand Image Damage to one of the structures at Kremenchuk Road Vehicle Factory, caused by the second Russian missile which struck the area of the factory on June 27, 2022. Photo taken on June 29, 2022. © 2022 Giorgi Gogia/Human Rights Watch (Geneva, September 20, 2022) – A new international declaration aimed at curbing harm from the...
UN: World Leaders Should Press China, Russia on Atrocities
Click to expand Image UN member countries address the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York City, September 25, 2021. © 2021 Kena Betancur/Pool Photo via AP © (New York) – World leaders gathering at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City should commit to ensuring accountability for grave...
European Parliament Ups Pressure for Action on Hungary
Click to expand Image People protest in Heroes’ square against a new law that would undermine Central European University, a liberal graduate school of social sciences founded by U.S. financier George Soros in Budapest, Hungary, April 12, 2017. © 2017 Reuters “Hungary is no longer a democracy.” That’s the key phrase in the European...
UN: New Rights Chief Should Speak Out for All Victims
Click to expand Image United Nations Headquarters building in Manhattan, New York City, on December 21, 2021. © 2021 Sergi Reboredo / VWPics via AP Images (New York) – The United Nations secretary-general’s nominee for high commissioner for human rights, Volker Türk, should be a principled and outspoken advocate for all victims of abuses...
Forcible Transfer of Ukrainians to Russia
Click to expand Image A bus full of Ukrainians being transferred to Taganrog, Russia from the “DNR” on February 20, 2022. © 2022 ANDREY BORODULIN/AFP via Getty Images (Kyiv, September 1, 2022) – Russian and Russian-affiliated forces have been forcibly transferring Ukrainian civilians, including those fleeing hostilities, to the Russian Federation...
