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January 24, 2017 Commentary

Post-Truth and Alternative Facts: Welcome to Donald Trump’s La-La Land

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump arrives for the inauguration ceremonies swearing him in as the 45th president of the United States on the West front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., January 20, 2017.
January 24, 2017 News Release

Kyrgyzstan: Travesty of Justice for Rights Defender

Court Upholds Unjust Conviction Defying UN Ruling

January 24, 2017 Witness

Witness: “I Will Not Let This Happen Again”

After Losing Their Husbands, Zimbabwe’s Widows Face Losing Their Land, Property, and Livelihood

Moud Gohwa Taremeredzwa is a Zimbabwean widow who successfully fought property grabbing relatives in court
January 24, 2017 Statement

Lasting Impunity for Violations in Russia’s North Caucasus and Human Rights Crisis in Chechnya

January 24, 2017 News Release

Zimbabwe: Widows Deprived of Property Rights

Property Grabbing Leaves Many Older Women Destitute

Two widows in eastern Zimbabwe, facing harassment from in-laws who are trying to force them to vacate their homes and fields. Rural Eastern Zimbabwe, October 2016.
January 24, 2017 Dispatches

Wrong-Headed Move to Decriminalize Domestic Violence

Russian Lawmakers Put Children at Risk

Russian activist protesting decriminalization of domestic violence in front of Russia’s state parliament building.
January 24, 2017 News Release

Burma: Release or Charge Kachin Christians

Allow Access by Lawyers and Family to Detained Baptist Leaders

January 24, 2017 News Release

Egypt: Court Names 1,500 to Terrorist List

Punishment Without Fair Hearing Mocks Due Process

Detainees sit behind bars during the trial of 738 Muslim Brotherhood members accused of staging an armed sit-in at Rabaa square, at a court on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt, May 31, 2016.
January 23, 2017 Dispatches

Trump’s Gag Rule Puts Women’s Health and Lives at Risk Globally

Marchers Demand Women’s Rights, But Trump Sets Them Back

People gather for the Women's March in Washington U.S., January 21, 2017.
January 23, 2017 News Release

Human Rights Watch Asks US about Use of Secret Surveillance for Drug, Immigration Purposes

Freedom of Information Act Requests Seek Records from 22 Federal Agencies

January 23, 2017 Dispatches

Indonesian Police, Anti-LGBT Islamists Restart Sinister Collaboration

Transgender People Detained for Violating ‘Religious Values’

A group opposing the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community prepares to confront a pro-LGBT group planning on staging a counter protest at Tugu Monument in Yogyakarta on Feb. 23.
January 23, 2017 News Release

DR Congo: Human Rights Watch Researcher Deported

Authorities Bar Ida Sawyer a Second Time in Six Months

Le visa annulé d'Ida Sawyer.
January 23, 2017 Letter

Letter to the Members of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe

Deterioration of human rights in Turkey requires Parliamentary Assembly’s immediate attention

January 23, 2017 News Release

Russia: Bill to Decriminalize Domestic Violence

Parliament Should Reject Measure That Harms Families

Russian activist protesting decriminalization of domestic violence in front of Russia’s state parliament building.
January 23, 2017 News Release

Bahrain: 2 Face Execution Despite Torture Allegations

3 Executed in a Similar Case on January 15

Protesters in Iraq stage a demonstration against the execution of three men in Bahrain, January 19, 2017.

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