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September 20, 2024
Protect Women and Girls in DR Congo’s Prisons
UN Report Sheds Light on Rapes in Makala Prison During Deadly Jailbreak
A September 9 internal report by the United Nations Population Fund, the UN agency tasked with improving reproductive and maternal health, found that 268 out of the 348 women held in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Makala prison – nearly 80…
September 20, 2024
UK Government Should End Cruel ‘Two-Child Limit’ Now
Key First Step to Reforming Social Security
The United Kingdom Labour Party is about to meet for its annual conference. Now that Labour is in government, with their leader Keir Starmer as prime minister, it should act to strengthen social security, and tackle poverty and inequality. The first…
September 19, 2024
Foreign Agent Laws in the Authoritarian Playbook
From Russia to Kyrgyzstan, and Georgia to Hungary, “Foreign Agent” Style Laws Have Become a Preferred Instrument for Authoritarians to Extinguish Critical Voices, Shield Their Rule from Scrutiny and Strengthen Their Hold on Power
By stigmatizing independent civil society, media and other dissenting voices as “trojan horses”, “foreign agent” laws have offered a convenient framing to delegitimize and isolate them. In addition, they have also helped to impose harsh monitoring…
September 19, 2024
World Court Findings on Israeli Apartheid a Wake-Up Call
International Court of Justice Makes Clear Call for Reparations
The International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) July advisory opinion on the legal consequences of Israel’s policies and practices in the Occupied Palestinian Territory is a landmark ruling. The ICJ’s findings are legally and morally persuasive…
September 19, 2024
Iraq's Amended Personal Status Law Could Make 9-Year-Olds Brides
At 9 years old, a girl should be in primary school. She is not old enough to drive a car, vote or hold a job, but according to some Iraqi lawmakers, she is old enough to be in a wedding dress.Despite widespread protest and condemnation in…
September 18, 2024
“If It’s Not Racism, What Is It?”
SummaryNineteen-year-old Alfa Hisage was arrested on August 30, 2019, for joining a student-led protest against anti-Papuan racism in Jayapura, a city in the Indonesian territory of West Papua. He told Human Rights Watch that at the police station,…
September 18, 2024
Indonesia: Racism, Discrimination Against Indigenous Papuans
Ensure Access to Health Care, Education, and Livelihoods in West Papua
The Indonesian government’s suppression of widespread protests after a 2019 attack on Papuan university students highlighted longstanding racial discrimination against Indigenous Papuans. Indonesian security forces have committed…
September 18, 2024
Stop Bombing Civilians hero
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September 18, 2024
Meta’s Oversight Board Rules ‘From the River to the Sea’ Isn’t Hate Speech
Company Should Address Root Causes of Censorship of Palestine Content
Earlier this month, Meta's Oversight Board found that three Facebook posts containing the phrase “From the River to the Sea” did not violate Meta’s content rules and should remain online.The majority of the Oversight Board members concluded…
September 18, 2024
Over 75 Organizations Urge Biden Administration to Implement Protection Measures for CBP One Users, Changes to CBP One, and Restore Asylum
The Honorable President Joe BidenPresident of the United States1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NWWashington, DC 20500The Honorable Alejandro MayorkasSecretary of Homeland SecurityU.S. Department of Homeland Security2801 Nebraska Avenue, NWWashington, DC 20528…
September 18, 2024
South Africa Strengthens the Right to Education
Advancing the Right to Early Education at Home and Abroad
Last Friday, South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa signed a law making, among other provisions, one year of pre-primary education compulsory, further strengthening the right to education for South Africa’s children.From a human rights perspective…
September 18, 2024
Lebanon: Exploding Pagers Harmed Hezbollah, Civilians
(Beirut) – Thousands of pagers simultaneously exploded across Lebanon and parts of Syria on September 17, 2024, resulting in at least 12 deaths, including at least two children and two health workers, and at least 2,800 injuries, according…
September 18, 2024
Questions and Answers on Advancing Accountability for past and ongoing crimes under international law in Afghanistan
To: Permanent Representatives to the UN Human Rights CouncilRE: Meaningful action needed at UN Human Rights Council to advance accountability for past and ongoing crimes under international law in AfghanistanExcellencies,We, the undersigned human rights…
September 18, 2024
Putin’s Red Carpet in Mongolia Was a Betrayal of Justice and Accountability
Mongolia’s president welcomed Russian President Vladimir Putin in the capital of Ulaanbaatar on Sept. 3 for an official ceremony commemorating a Soviet-Mongolian military victory during World War II. While Putin has attended such ceremonies…
September 18, 2024
Burkina Faso: Islamist Armed Groups Terrorize Civilians
Greater Regional Efforts Needed to Protect Population, Improve Accountability
(Johannesburg) – Islamist armed groups in Burkina Faso have escalated their attacks on civilians, massacring villagers, displaced people, and Christian worshipers, Human Rights Watch said today. Since February 2024, the armed groups have killed…
September 17, 2024
Bangladesh: Ship Explosion Exposes Regulatory Failures
Deadly Accident in a Yard With Hong Kong Convention Certification
(Brussels) – The explosion on the oil tanker MT Suvarna Swarajya on September 7, 2024, in Bangladesh underscores the lack of adequate international and national regulations, oversight, and labor rights protections in the shipbreaking…
