Section: Human Rights Watch (USA)
Belarus Blocks Human Rights Watch Website
Click to expand Image A woman uses her mobile phone in downtown Minsk on November 15, 2019. © 2019 Sergei GAPON / AFP via Getty Images On April 5, Belarus’s prosecutor general announced that Human Rights Watch’s website had been blocked, following an order by the Minsk City Prosecutor’s office. At the time of writing, Human...
EU: Press Vietnam to Improve Rights Record
Click to expand Image Vietnamese Political Detainees and Prisoners, from upper left: Pham Chi Dung, Nguyen Thi Tam, Trinh Ba Phuong, Pham Doan Trang, Le Trong Hung; lower left: Nguyen Tuong Thuy, Nguyen Thuy Hanh, Pham Chi Thanh, Do Nam Trung, Can Thi Theu and Trinh Ba Tu. © 2021 Private (Brussels) – The European Union should call on Vietnam to...
Migrants, Asylum Seekers Locked Up in Ukraine
Click to expand Image The Zhuravychi Migrant Accommodation Center. © 2022 Global Detention Project (Berlin) – Scores of migrants who had been arbitrarily detained in Ukraine remain locked up there and are at heightened risk amid the hostilities, including military activity in the vicinity, Human Rights Watch said today. Ukrainian authorities...
IMF: Prioritize Social Protection in Egypt Loan Talks
Click to expand Image International Monetary Fund (IMF) headquarters building is seen during the IMF/World Bank annual meetings in Washington, U.S., October 14, 2017. © 2017 Reuters (Beirut) – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) should ensure that any new loan program with Egypt expands social protection, strengthens judicial independence, and...
Ukraine: Apparent War Crimes in Russia-Controlled Areas
Click to expand Image Destroyed Russian armored vehicles in the city of Bucha, northwest of Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 4, 2022. © 2022 ARIS MESSINIS/AFP via Getty Images (Warsaw) – Human Rights Watch has documented several cases of Russian military forces committing laws-of-war violations against civilians in occupied areas of the Chernihiv,...
Ukraine: Apparent War Crimes in Russia-Controlled Areas
Click to expand Image Destroyed Russian armored vehicles in the city of Bucha, northwest of Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 4, 2022. © 2022 ARIS MESSINIS/AFP via Getty Images (Warsaw) – Human Rights Watch has documented several cases of Russian military forces committing laws-of-war violations against civilians in occupied areas of the Chernihiv,...
Polish Activists Arrested For Saving Lives
Click to expand Image Two women and a child huddle in sleeping bags on the forest floor after crossing the Polish-Belarusian border near Michalowo on October 6, 2021. © 2021 Maciej Luczniewski/NurPhoto via AP It is a tale of two borders. In Poland, at the Ukrainian border, volunteers are heralded as heroes for helping Ukrainian refugees. At the...
Kyrgyzstan: Spate of Criminal Cases Against Journalists
Click to expand Image The Kyrgyzstan flag is raised at Ala-Too Square, in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on March 3, 2022. © 2022 Vladimir Voronin / AP (Bishkek) – Kyrgyzstan authorities have stepped up the harassment of journalists and independent media with a slew of criminal investigations into their work in recent months, Human Rights Watch said today....
Ukraine: Apparent POW Abuse Would Be War Crime
(New York) – Ukraine should ensure an effective investigation into alleged abuse by Ukrainian fighters of Russian prisoners of war (POWs), Human Rights Watch said today. If confirmed, the beating and shooting of captured combatants in their legs would constitute a war crime, and Ukraine needs to demonstrate that it is able and willing to prevent...
Ukraine: Civilians in Besieged Chernihiv Need Access to Essentials
Click to expand Image Damaged residential buildings in the city of Chernihiv in northern Ukraine, where civilians have had limited access to running water, electricity, or heat since Russian forces escalated their assault on the city. © 2022 Private Civilians in Ukraine’s northern city of Chernihiv have had limited access to running water,...
