Section: Human Rights Watch (USA)
On May 1, End Violence and Harassment at Work
On International Workers’ Day, May 1, countries worldwide celebrate workers’ rights, and people take to the streets to call for better working conditions. Governments should also recognize people’s rights to safety and dignity in the world of work by ratifying the International Labour Organization (ILO) Violence and Harassment...
Poland: Trafficking, Exploitation Risks for Refugees
Click to expand Image Refugees from Ukraine arrive at the border city of Medyka, Poland on April 21, 2022 © 2022 The Yomiuri Shimbun via AP Images (Brussels) – Refugees from Ukraine, particularly women and girls, face heightened risks of gender-based violence, trafficking, and other exploitation due to lack of systematic protection and security...
Russia: Respect the Rights of Prisoners of War
(Berlin) – Russian authorities should stop broadcasting programs featuring images of and interviews with captured Ukrainian soldiers that expose them to public curiosity, Human Rights Watch said today. Such treatment of prisoners of war, or POWs, violates protections under the Geneva Conventions intended to ensure dignified treatment of captured...
Ukraine/Russia: As War Continues, Africa Food Crisis Looms
Click to expand Image A man holds bread being sold at a high price in a supermarket at Ketu in Lagos, Nigeria on March 15, 2022. © 2022 PIUS UTOMI EKPEI/AFP via Getty Images (Nairobi) – Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has worsened the food security crisis in many African countries, Human Rights Watch said today. Many countries in East, West,...
UN: Support Impartial Justice for War Crimes in Ukraine
Click to expand Image Women watch as Ukrainian authorities exhume bodies from a mass grave as part of investigations into war crimes in Bucha. © Laurel Chor / SOPA Images/Sipa USA via AP Images (New York) – United Nations Security Council members should use an informal meeting on accountability for serious crimes in Ukraine to highlight the...
Turkey: Life Sentence for Rights Defender Osman Kavala
Click to expand Image Osman Kavala © 2017 Private (Istanbul) – The conviction on April 25, 2022 of the human rights defender Osman Kavala and his seven co-defendants is a shocking miscarriage of justice, Human Rights Watch said today. The Istanbul 13th Assize Court sentenced Kavala to life in prison without parole on charges of attempting to...
Kenneth Roth to Step Down at Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Human Rights Watch Executive Director Kenneth Roth speaks during an interview with Reuters in Geneva, Switzerland, April 9, 2018. © 2018 Reuters/Pierre Albouy (New York) – Human Rights Watch Executive Director Kenneth Roth has announced that he plans to step down at the end of August 2022, Human Rights Watch said today. Roth...
Urgently Help Ukraine Civilians Flee Mariupol
Click to expand Image A resident looks at an apartment building damaged during heavy fighting near the Illich Iron & Steel Works Metallurgical Plant in Mariupol, Ukraine, April 16, 2022. © 2022 AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov (Kyiv) – Russian forces now occupying most of Ukraine’s southeastern port city of Mariupol should ensure that...
Japan: Raise Rights on Southeast Asia Trip
Click to expand Image Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a press conference at the prime minister’s official residence in Tokyo, Japan, April 8, 2022. © 2022 Rodrigo Reyes Marin, Pool via AP (Tokyo) – Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida should press the governments of Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam to improve...
France: Crucial Need for Macron to Focus on Rights
Click to expand Image French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech after his election victory in Paris, April 24, 2022. © 2022 Sipa via AP Images (Paris) – It is crucial for President Emmanuel Macron to make human rights a priority of both his domestic and his foreign policy in his second term, Human Rights Watch said today. Based on...
