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December 5, 2024 News Release

Killer Robots: UN Vote Should Spur Treaty Negotiations

Urgent Action Needed to Address Autonomous Weapons Systems

#UNGA sign in front of UN Headquarters in New York.

December 5, 2024 Dispatches

Film Crew Stopped and Questioned in Autonomous Republic of Uzbekistan

Karakalpakstan Authorities Unlawfully Confiscate, Delete Material

Aleksei Privovarov speaks to the camera in Nukus, Karakalpakstan, December 1, 2024.

December 4, 2024 News Release

Syria: Civilians at Risk Amid Renewed Hostilities

Concerns Include Unlawful Attacks, Arbitrary Detentions, Displacement

Residential areas are damaged following an airstrike by Syrian Arab Armed Forces on the city center of Idlib, northwestern Syria, December 1, 2024.

December 4, 2024 News Release

Saudi Arabia: ‘Giga-Projects’ Built on Widespread Labor Abuses

As 2034 FIFA World Cup Decision Looms, Dangers Are Clear

A construction worker passes an advertisement for the King Salman Park gardens and canals development in Riyadh

December 4, 2024 News Release

India: Police Raid Rights Group in Delhi

Escalating Crackdown on Activists Contesting Hate Speech

Indian Dalit rights activists protest against the police raid and illegal arrest of human right activists under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) during a protest in New Delhi, August 29, 2018.

December 4, 2024 Dispatches

Greek Surveillance Lawsuit Aims to Silence Journalism

Reform Needed to Tackle Threat to Media Freedom

A kiosk with newspapers in Athens, Greece, December 22, 2022.

December 4, 2024 Statement

Human Rights Watch Statement for the Plenary Session on Review at the International Criminal Court’s 23rd Assembly of States Parties

December 4, 2024

December 3, 2024 Dispatches

Afghanistan’s Taliban Ban Medical Training for Women

Closing One of the Last Loopholes for Female Education

Pregnant women wait in the corridor of the maternity hospital run by Doctors Without Borders in Khost, Afghanistan, December 8, 2023.

December 3, 2024 Dispatches

Belgian Ruling a Landmark Win for Reparations Movement

Court Orders Government Compensation for Colonial Crimes against Children

Clockwise from top left, Simone Ngalula, Monique Bitu Bingi, Lea Tavares Mujinga, Noelle Verbeeken and Marie-Jose Loshiborn, who were born in Congo when the country was under Belgian rule and were taken away from their mothers, successfully sued the Belgian state for crimes against humanity.

December 3, 2024 Dispatches

Brazil Fails to Launch Long-Awaited Pesticide Reduction Plan

Policymakers Should Press for Robust and Timely Implementation

A worker applies fungicide after harvesting soybeans in Campo Mourão, in the Central-West Region of Paraná, Brazil, October 14, 2021.

December 3, 2024 News Release

Canada: Abuse, Bias Against Immigration Detainees with Disabilities

Designated Representatives System Undermines Legal Capacity Rights

Illustration of a pupil looking at a red brick wall

December 3, 2024 News Release

Ugandan Disability Rights Mental Health Advocate Honored

Benon Kabale Receives Fifth Marca Bristo Fellowship at Human Rights Watch

December 2, 2024 Dispatches

Prominent Human Rights Lawyer Beaten in Cameroon

Ensure Impartial Investigation, Hold Perpetrators Accountable

Leading Human Rights Lawyer Richard Tamfu at the hospital following beatings by gendarmes in Douala, Cameroon, November 2024.

December 2, 2024 Dispatches

Make President Biden’s Only Trip to Africa Count

First-Ever US Presidential Visit to Angola Should Highlight Human Rights Concerns

US President Joe Biden is greeted by Angolan Foreign Minister Tete Antonio as he arrives at Quatro de Fevereiro international airport in Luanda, Angola, December 2, 2024.

December 2, 2024 Dispatches

World Court Considers Climate Change

Hearings Begin in Advisory Opinion on State Obligations

The International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands, opens hearings into the legal obligations of countries with respect to combating climate change on December 2, 2024.

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