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October 23, 2026

Mexico: Delay in Legal Reform Harms People With Disabilities

Mexico’s Senate should amend legislation approved by the Chamber of Deputies on October 20, 2026, to ensure that people with disabilities can appoint supporters to make legal decisions by April 1, 2027, as originally planned.
A dog and a woman with a disability outside the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation in Mexico City, Mexico, March 24, 2026.
October 22, 2026

ICC Wins EU Parliament’s Sakharov Prize

The European Parliament on October 22, 2026, awarded the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought to the International Criminal Court (ICC) and its officials.
The International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, July 2025.
October 22, 2026

Uganda: Ensure Justice for Killing of Rwandan Dissident

Ugandan authorities’ obligation to conduct an effective investigation into the brutal killing of a Rwandan dissident requires examining all evidence that points to a possible politically motivated killing, Human Rights Watch said today.
The funeral of of Sgt. Maj. Robert Kabera on October 21, 2026, in Kamengo, Uganda.
October 22, 2026

Angola’s “Vandalism law”

Angola should stop using its overly broad vandalism law to restrict the rights to peaceful assembly and freedom of expression.
October 21, 2026

Burkina Faso Restores Death Penalty

Burkina Faso’s unelected parliament has unanimously adopted a new penal code that restores the death penalty for high treason, terrorism, acts of espionage, parricide and importation of expired or prohibited products.
Burkina Faso soldiers patrol aboard a pickup truck on the road from Dori to the Goudebo refugee camp, on February 3, 2020.
October 21, 2026

“There Are No Trade Unions in Vietnam”

Hanoi’s Continuing Assault on Workers’ Right to Organize

The 49-page report, “There Are No Independent Trade Unions in Vietnam: Hanoi’s Continuing Assault on Workers’ Right to Organize,” documents the Vietnamese governments’ continuing useof vague, overbroad criminal laws to suppress the activities of human rights and labor rights defenders, while maintaining an atmosphere of repression to thwart independent labor organizing. The government has issued decrees and articles in state-run media that reaffirm that all labor organizations in Vietnam are under the government’s authority, and portray independent trade unions as dangerous, anti-state entities.

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