• France - Unwarranted Police Behavior
    Jan 25, 2012
    French police use overly broad powers to conduct unwarranted and abusive identity checks on black and Arab young men and boys. Minority youth, including children as young as 13, are subjected to frequent stops involving lengthy questioning, invasive body pat-downs and searches of personal belongings. The pictures in this slideshow were taken by Fatah Sadaoui for the Collective against Profiling (Collectif contre le contrôle au Faciès), a French association working against abusive and discriminatory police behaviour, on October 29, 2011.
  • Hijab Bans and Forced Veiling
    May 6, 2011

    From France's ban on the niqab -- a face covering worn by some Muslim women -- to a call for all Chechen women to wear headscarves, an increasing number of European states are trying to dictate the way women dress. With HRW's Veronika Szente Goldston and Tanya Lokshina.

  • 2010 in Photos
    Jan 21, 2011
  • Under Fire -- Rights Watch #2
    Mar 27, 2009

    An update from Sri Lanka and a return to the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival. Can 30,000 plaintiffs from five indigenous Ecuadorian tribes get justice from one of the world’s largest oil producers? Featuring Crude filmmaker Joe Berlinger and HRW’s Arvind Ganesan.