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May 2, 2024
Resounding Support for a ‘Killer Robots’ Treaty
Governments Should Raise Autonomous Weapons Concerns with UN
(Washington, DC, May 02, 2024) – Governments concerned about autonomous weapons systems – so-called killer robots – should urgently act to start negotiations on a new international treaty to ban and regulate them, Human Rights Watch said today. Such…
May 2, 2024
Ukraine: Russian Forces Executed Surrendering Ukraine Soldiers
Hold Those Responsible to Account
(Kyiv, May 2, 2024) – Russian forces appear to have executed at least 15 Ukrainian soldiers as they attempted to surrender, and possibly six more who were surrendering or who had surrendered, since early December 2023, Human Rights Watch said today.…
May 2, 2024
Kenya: Floods Threaten Marginalized People
Ensure Speedy Response to Protect Those at Risk
(Nairobi) – Kenyan authorities have not responded adequately to flash floods resulting from heavy rains, Human Rights Watch said today. The floods have left at least 170 people dead; displaced more than 200,000; destroyed property, infrastructure, and…
May 1, 2024
Australia: Rights Vetting Crucial for Defence Cooperation
Use Bilateral Security Force Agreements to Reject Serious Violators
(Sydney) - The Australian government should include human rights vetting provisions in all bilateral security force cooperation agreements, Human Rights Watch said in a submission to the Parliamentary Joint Standing Committee on Treaties. The…
May 1, 2024
Thailand: Last-Ditch Effort for Tak Bai Massacre Justice
Victims’ Families File Criminal Charges in 20-Year Quest for Accountability
(Bangkok) – The Thai government should urgently bring to justice officials responsible for the deaths and injuries of scores of ethnic Malay Muslim protesters in Tak Bai district in 2004, Human Rights Watch said today. A failure to do so will call…
May 1, 2024
Indonesia Court Ruling a Boon for Free Expression
Powerful People, Officials Misused Law to Silence Criticism
“Historic,” said the activist Haris Azhar, describing Indonesia's Constitutional Court ruling in March to revoke three false news and defamation clauses from the country’s 1946 criminal code.
The judges wanted to protect human rights, he said…
May 1, 2024
“We Couldn’t Wait”
Summary
When Sandra S., her husband, and their two young children arrived at the US-Mexico border, they thought they had reached safety.
They had fled Michoacán, Mexico, after an armed member of a cartel forced his way into their home and…
May 1, 2024
US: Digital Metering System Exposes Migrants to Harm
Asylum Turnbacks Violate Rights and Enrich Criminal Groups
(Mexico City) – The administrations of US President Joe Biden and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador are forcing thousands of people seeking asylum in the US to wait for months in Mexico, exposing them to danger, Human Rights Watch said in…
April 30, 2024
Testimony of Jim Wormington Before the Congressional-Executive Committee on China
Hearing: “Factories and Fraud in the PRC: How Human Rights Violations Make Reliable Audits Impossible”
Testimony: Jim Wormington, Senior Researcher and Advocate on Corporate Accountability, Human Rights Watch
Dear Congressman Smith, Senator Merkley…
April 30, 2024
Germany Falling Short in Curbing Anti-Muslim Racism
Gaps in Responses; Narrow Understanding; Lack of Data, Capacity
(Berlin, April 30, 2024) – The German government is falling short in protecting Muslims and people perceived to be Muslims from racism amid rising incidents of hate and discrimination, Human Rights Watch said today. The absence of a working definition…
April 29, 2024
Environment Defenders Face New Wave of Oppression
We all have an interest in supporting people who are pressing governments to meet their obligations on climate change, whether they are protesting in the street, bringing cases to court, or even carrying out civil disobedience.
Yet, as the climate…
April 29, 2024
Saudi Arabia: Halt Executions of Child Offenders
Death Penalty for Alleged Crimes Committed as Children
(Beirut) – Saudi Arabia’s court of appeal in April 2024 approved death sentences for two Saudi men for protest-related crimes allegedly committed as children, Human Rights Watch and 26 other organizations said today in a joint statement. Saudi…
April 29, 2024
Escalating Concerns Over the Lives of Minors Threatened With Death in Saudi Arabia
The undersigned organizations express their grave concern for the lives of minor defendants particularly the two young men, Yousif Al-Manasif and Ali Al-Mubaiouq, who are at imminent risk of execution in Saudi Arabia following confirmed information that…
April 29, 2024
South Sudan: ‘Disappeared’ Critic Resurfaces
Spate of Forced Disappearances Points Up Need to Reform Security Agency
(Nairobi) – The reappearance in a South Sudan court of a former refugee who had been forcibly disappeared more than a year ago points up the urgent need to reform the National Security Service (NSS), Human Rights Watch said today. South Sudan…
April 29, 2024
UAE: Unfair Trial of Rights Defenders
Authorities Should End Prolonged Solitary Confinement, Drop Charges
(Beirut) – Emirati authorities are holding an unfair mass trial that has raised serious due process concerns, Human Rights Watch said today. The trial includes many defendants held in prolonged solitary confinement, which may amount to torture.
In…
April 29, 2024
Darfur: Joint NGO Letter to US Justice Department Requesting ICC Guidance
April 2024
Dear Mr. Attorney General and Mr. Fonzone:
We are writing to request that you publicly release any unclassified written guidance that the Office of Legal Counsel has issued regarding the conditions under which the U.S. government can lawfully…
April 27, 2024
Lebanon: Ministerial Decision Advances Justice
(Beirut) – Lebanon’s Council of Ministers issued a decision on April 26, 2024, instructing the Foreign Affairs Ministry to file a declaration with the International Criminal Court (ICC) registrar accepting the court’s jurisdiction to investigate…