Section: Human Rights Watch (USA)
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) –...
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...
