Section: Human Rights Watch (USA)
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) –...
Explosive Weapons: Declaration to Curb Civilian Harm
Click to expand Image Damage caused to residential buildings by a Russian attack on March 13, 2022 on Myru Avenue in Chernihiv city, April 19, 2022. Local official said at least six people were killed. © 2022 Belkis Wille/Human Rights Watch (Geneva, June 16, 2022) – A new political declaration holds great potential to protect civilians in armed...
Feminist and LGBT Rights Activist on Trial in Russia
A prosecutor has called for Russian activist Yulia Tsvetkova to serve three years and two months in prison during a closed trial over absurd “pornography” charges. Click to expand Image Yulia Tsvetkova. …read more Source:: Human Rights...
Ukraine: Russian Landmine Use Endangers Civilians
Click to expand Image TM-62 anti-vehicle mines found during a mine clearance mission near Bervytsia, a village previously occupied by Russian forces, Kyiv region, Ukraine, April 21, 2022. © 2022 Sipa via AP Images (Geneva, June 15, 2022) – Russian forces are using landmines in Ukraine that are causing civilian casualties and suffering, as well as...
Russia: Enforced Disappearance of Ukrainian Teacher
Click to expand Image Viktoria Andrusha. © Private Russian authorities have forcibly disappeared a teacher they detained in Ukraine in late March 2022, Human Rights Watch said today. Russian forces in Ukraine’s Chernihiv region accused the teacher, Viktoria Andrusha, of sharing information with Ukrainian authorities about Russian troop...
Ukraine: Russian Strikes Killed Scores of Civilians in Chernihiv
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 Russian forces killed and wounded numerous civilians in eight attacks in Chernihiv city in northeastern Ukraine in early March 2022, Human Rights Watch said today. Four of these attacks, from...
Hungary’s New ‘State of Danger’
Click to expand Image A Hungarian armored personnel carrier on route to the troop deployment at the Hungarian – Ukrainian border, in Vasarosnameny, Hungary, on February 25, 2022 © 2022 AP Photo/Anna Szilagyi Using the Ukraine war as an excuse, on May 25, Hungary’s ruling party pushed through parliament a constitutional amendment...
Violence and Pushbacks at Poland-Belarus Border
Click to expand Image Migrants wait in freezing temperatures near the Bruzgi checkpoint on the Polish-Belarusian border November 18, 2021 in Grodno, Belarus. © 2021 Sefa Karacan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (Brussels) – The effort by Belarus to confront the EU at the Polish border with migrants and asylum seekers as the victims persists, Human...
Attacks on Education Increased Worldwide During Pandemic
Click to expand Image A survivor of the May 8, 2021, bombing of Sayed Al-Shuhada school in Kabul, Afghanistan, looks inside a classroom days after the attack. © 2021 UNICEF/UN0514375 This report was authored by a partner organization, the Global Coalition to Protest Education from Attack, and is distributed by Human Rights Watch. (New York) –...
