Section: Human Rights Watch (USA)
In Russia, a Trial in Name Only
Click to expand Image Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich in a courtroom at the Moscow City Court, in Moscow, Russia, December 14, 2023. © 2023 Dmitry Serebryakov/AP Photo On Wednesday, a court process will be opened in the Siberian city of Yekaterinburg against American Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who was arrested in...
Respecting Rights in the Response to Militant Attacks in Dagestan
Click to expand Image The aftermath of an armed militant attack in Makhachkala, Dagestan, in southern Russia, on June 23, 2024. © 2024 Aleksandr Chernykh/Kommersant/Sipa via AP Photo On June 23, armed militants—apparently supporters of the Islamic State (ISIS)—attacked the two largest cities in Dagestan, in Russia’s North Caucasus region....
Increased Attacks on Education During War
Click to expand Image The destroyed playground of a kindergarten in the town of Kupiansk, Kharkivska region, Ukraine, May 26, 2023. © 2023 Serbei Bobok/AFP via Getty Images Attacks on education and military use of schools during armed conflict rose by an alarming 20 percent in 2022 and 2023 compared with the previous two years, according to a new...
Attack on Kazakhstan Journalist in Ukraine
Click to expand Image The scene of the shooting of Aidos Sadykov in Kyiv, Ukraine, June 18, 2024. © 2024 t.me/UA_National_Police (Berlin, June 21, 2024) – Ukrainian and Kazakh authorities should carry out an effective investigation into the shooting of an independent Kazakh journalist and former member of a Kazakhstan political opposition group...
Attacks on Education in War Surge Globally
Click to expand Image A 14-year-old girl looks at her old school, which was damaged by conflict, in Dara’a Albalad, Syria, on February 7, 2022. © UNICEF/UN0635253/Shahan This report was authored by a partner organization, the Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack, and is distributed by Human Rights Watch.(New York) – About 6,000...
Ukraine: Forced Russified Education Under Occupation
Click to expand Image Russian textbooks delivered by the occupying authorities to a school in Borova, in Ukraine’s Kharkivska region. Photo taken November 2022. © 2022 Human Rights Watch Russian authorities are imposing the Russian curriculum and Kremlin propaganda in Ukrainian schools in occupied areas, and have retaliated against school...
International Criminal Court Members Speak Out
Click to expand Image The International Criminal Court (ICC) is seen in The Hague, Netherlands, November 7, 2019. © 2019 AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File Ninety-three member countries of the International Criminal Court (ICC) have declared their “unwavering support” for the court in the face of recent threats. The June 14 statement by an unprecedented...
Israel Joins UN ‘List of Shame’ for Abuses Against Children in War
Click to expand Image People salvage belongings amid the rubble of a damaged building following strikes on Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, November 12, 2023. © 2023 Mohammed Abed/AFP via Getty Images For the first time, the United Nations secretary-general added the Israeli armed forces to the “list of shame” of warring parties committing grave...
Ukraine: Recovery Conference Could Be Lifeline for Children
Click to expand Image School No. 62, Kharkiv, Ukraine, June 27, 2022. The school was subjected to repeated Russian attacks in February, March, and April 2022. © 2022 Human Rights Watch The Ukraine Recovery Conference in Berlin should prioritize donor support to rebuild and make accessible thousands of damaged schools and ensure children and...
Federico Borello to Join Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Federico Borello (New York) – Federico Borello, an Italian lawyer with more than 20 years of experience in human rights, civilian protection, and transitional justice, has been selected as Human Rights Watch’s new deputy executive director and chief programs officer, Human Rights Watch said today. Borello will assume...
