Section: Human Rights Watch (USA)
Ukraine War Sparks Hate Crimes in Germany
Click to expand Image A smashed window pane and smeared white paint are seen on a Russian-Polish supermarket in Oberhausen, North Rhine-Wesphalia, March 3, 2022. Police are investigating the incident. © 2022 Christoph Rechwein/dpa/AP Images Since Russia’s February invasion of Ukraine, reports have surfaced of people directing anger over the...
Bulgaria: Migrants Brutally Pushed Back at Turkish Border
Click to expand Image Bulgarian police patrol the border fence on the Bulgaria-Turkey border near the village of Matochina on November 4, 2021. © 2021 Nikolay Doychinov/AFP via Getty Images (Brussels) – Bulgarian authorities are beating, robbing, stripping, and using police dogs to attack Afghan and other asylum seekers and migrants, then pushing...
Moldova: Romani Refugees from Ukraine Face Segregation
Click to expand Image Refugees standing in the hallway of FRISPA center where most Romani refugees from Ukraine are accommodated, April 9, 2022. © 2022 Pablo Miranzo Macia/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (Berlin) – Moldovan authorities are deliberately housing most Romani refugees separately from others fleeing the war in Ukraine, in a manner...
When War Crimes Evidence Disappears
Click to expand Image The YouTube video sharing application is seen on an iPhone with the symbol for unavailable content in the background in this photo illustration on December 1, 2017. © 2017 Sipa via AP Images / Jaap Arriens This month, four high-ranking members of the US Congress took an important step to help obtain justice for war crimes...
EU: Bolster Justice Efforts Worldwide
Click to expand Image European Union flags flutter outside the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, October 28, 2015. © 2015 Reuters (Brussels) – The European Union (EU) and its member states should take concrete steps to strengthen the international justice system, including through national prosecutions of crimes under international...
Reimagine Global Food Systems to Prevent Hunger and Protect Rights
Click to expand Image A trader checks the quality of wheat at a wholesale grain market near Sonipat, on the outskirts of New Delhi, India on May 17, 2022. © 2022 Mayank Makhija/NurPhoto via AP The past week has been another reminder of the urgent need to build global food systems that treat food as a human right rather than a commodity. On May...
UN: Rights Chief’s Credibility at Stake in China Visit
Click to expand Image UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet addresses a news conference in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, December 1, 2021. © 2021 AP Photo/Sophie Garcia (Geneva) – The upcoming visit to China by the United Nations high commissioner for human rights should highlight the need for justice for victims of violations and...
Ukraine: Executions, Torture During Russian Occupation
Click to expand Image Volodymyr Ivashchenko shows the basement where he sheltered in the initial days of the war, together with his wife, mother-in-law, daughter, and 3-year-old grandson, in Yahidne, April 17, 2022. His 70-year-old mother-in-law, Nadezhda Buchenko, died in the school basement during the internment by Russian forces. © 2022 Human...
End Cluster Munition Attacks in Ukraine
Click to expand Image The rocket motor and tail section of a 220mm Uragan cluster munition rocket that struck a cemetery in Mykolaiv, southern Ukraine, March 21, 2022. © 2022 Bülent Kılıç/AFP via Getty Images Russian armed forces have used at least six types of cluster munitions in attacks in Ukraine, and Ukrainian forces also appear to have used...
Australia 2022 Election Questionnaire
Below is a question-by-question compilation of responses by The Coalition, The Australian Labor Party (ALP), and The Greens. The ALP did not respond under each individual question but responded under relevant thematic subheadings, so Human Rights Watch has matched their responses to the questions. Domestic Policy Should Australia’s...
