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April 5, 2026

Kazakhstan: Feminist Activist Facing Criminal Charges

Kazakhstan’s prosecuting authorities have filed criminal charges for battery against a feminist activist who was aggressively accosted at a café in Astana, the capital, while meeting with feminist and queer colleagues and friends, Human Rights Watch said today.
Zhanar Sekerbayeva, feminist activist from Kazakhstan.
April 3, 2026

Kids Should Not Be Fighters

Given global efforts to end the use of child soldiers in war, it shouldn’t be hard to take the next step.
Children accompany criminal group members in a march in the Delmas neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, May 10, 2024.
April 2, 2026

Adoption of death penalty law by the Israeli Knesset requires urgent EU measures

As humanitarian and human rights organisations that have worked for years in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory, we are appalled by the Israeli Knesset’s decision to approve a bill that makes death penalty effectively mandatory in the West Bank and which will de facto apply exclusively to Palestinians.
April 2, 2026

“None Can Run Away”

War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity in Burkina Faso by All Sides

The 316-page report, “‘None Can Run Away’: War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity in Burkina Faso by All Sides,” documents the devastating impact on civilians of an armed conflict that has received scant global attention. Researchers documented 57 incidents involving Burkinabè military forces and allied militias known as the Volunteers for the Defense of the Homeland (VDPs), and the Islamist armed group Jama’at Nusrat al‑Islam wa al‑Muslimin (JNIM) since the current military junta seized power in September 2022. Human Rights Watch issued a question and answer document to explain the legal issues involved. 

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