Section: Human Rights Watch (USA)
World Mental Health Day: Support Conflict Survivors
Click to expand Image Farhan*, a 29-year-old man from Kapisa province, said he could not sleep during the night: “I’m in bed [in France], but my mind is in Afghanistan.” © 2022 John Holmes for Human Rights Watch (Brussels) – Governments, UN agencies, and humanitarian organizations should take concrete steps to develop and invest in...
Russia: First Treason Charges for Criticizing Kremlin
Click to expand Image Opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza in Moscow. © 2021 AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko (Berlin, October 7, 2022) – Russian authorities have brought a charge of high treason against an opposition politician, Vladimir Kara-Murza, in a blatant attempt to quash any criticism of the Kremlin and deter contact with the...
Russia: First Treason Charges for Criticizing Kremlin
Click to expand Image Opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza in Moscow. © 2021 AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko (Berlin, October 7, 2022) – Russian authorities have brought a charge of high treason against an opposition politician, Vladimir Kara-Murza, in a blatant attempt to quash any criticism of the Kremlin and deter contact with the...
UN: Deny Venezuela Human Rights Council Seat
Click to expand Image Delegates sit at the opening of the 41th session of the Human Rights Council, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, June 24, 2019. © 2019 Magali Girardin/Keystone via AP (New York) – United Nations member countries voting in the upcoming Human Rights Council election should deny Venezuela...
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...
UN Human Rights Council Should Mandate Expert Monitor on Russia
Click to expand Image Delegates sit at the opening of the 41th session of the Human Rights Council, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, June 24, 2019. © 2019 Magali Girardin/Keystone via AP In recent years and particularly since the February 24, 2022 invasion of Ukraine, Russia’s leadership has engaged...
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...
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...
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...
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...
