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September 25, 2026 News Release

Ethiopia: Indiscriminate Airstrike in Tigray

Investigate Attack Wounding 13 Civilians as Possible War Crime

A collapsed wall in a residential house following the August 20, 2026 airstrike on a residential compound in Daero neighborhood, Mekelle, Tigray region, Ethiopia. The image was taken the same day by a Mekelle resident.

September 24, 2026 News Release

Russia Crackdown on Bypassing Online Censorship

Blocking, Cyberattacks, App Takedowns

A person checks their phone in the Red Square in Moscow, Russia, March 31, 2026.

September 23, 2026 News Release

Central African Republic: ICC Verdict in Seleka Commander Case

Said Found Guilty of Crimes Against Humanity, Acquitted on War Crimes

Mahamat Said Abdel Kani during closing statements in the courtroom of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, November 25, 2025.

September 23, 2026 News Release

Canada: Press Vietnam’s Leader on Rights

President To Lam to Visit Ottawa Amid Hanoi’s Heightened Repression

Vietnam's President To Lam leads his delegation in a meeting with Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. at Malacanang Palace in Manila, Philippines, June 1, 2026.

September 22, 2026 News Release

Bangladesh: New Laws Reverse Rights Protections, Empower Abusers

Human Rights Commission and Rapid Action Battalion Acts Turn Back the Clock

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BN) chairman and Prime Minister Tarique Rahman in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on February 14, 2026.

September 22, 2026 News Release

Niger: Junta Strips 5 More Exiled Critics of Nationality

Latest Crackdown Heightens Rights Concerns Amid Renewed Political Tensions

September 21, 2026 News Release

UN: Commit to Human Rights, Justice for Grave Crimes

World Leaders Should Resist Efforts to Weaken Global Body, Key Institutions

United Nations headquarters in New York City, December 2020.

September 18, 2026 News Release

Pakistan: Rights Lawyers Rearrested after Bail

Release, Drop Charges against Imman Mazari, Hadi Chattha

Human rights lawyers Imaan Mazari (right) and Hadi Ali Chattha, during a court hearing in Islamabad, Pakistan, December 5, 2025.

September 18, 2026 News Release

Venezuela: Reform Needed for Rights Progress

Human Rights Watch Conducts First Official Visit in 18 years

Petare, a low-income neighborhood on the outskirts of Caracas, Venezuela, September 17, 2026.

September 18, 2026 News Release

Türkiye: LGBT Rights Crackdown Strikes at Rule of Law

Stop Targeting Groups, Activists; Free People Wrongfully Detained

Demonstrators assemble on September 15, 2026, outside the Istanbul courthouse to protest the arrests of LGBT activists and raids on LGBT rights associations in cities across Türkiye. More than 100 demonstrators were also arrested and detained for more than 24 hours.

September 18, 2026 News Release

Georgia: Critics Jailed for Online Speech

Vague ‘Insult’ Offenses, Police Monitoring Deepens Free Speech Crackdown

The Georgian Interior Ministry headquarters in Tbilisi, February 2, 2010.

September 17, 2026 News Release

Kosovo: War Crimes Verdicts are a Step Toward Justice

Convictions of Former Leaders Bring Long-Awaited Accountability

Former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci, top left, appears before the Kosovo Tribunal as he defends himself against charges including murder, torture and persecution allegedly committed during Kosovo’s war with Serbia, The Hague, April 3, 2023.

September 16, 2026 News Release

China: New Border Decree Curtails Right to Leave

Regulations Expand Arbitrary Exit Bans for Nationals, Foreigners

An Air China Boeing 777-300 at Beijing Capital International Airport, April 10, 2025.

September 15, 2026 News Release

Yemen: New Attacks by Houthi Include Likely War Crimes

Spate of Strikes Targeting Commercial Ships

The navigation bridge of a sunken vessel in the Port of Mokha, Yemen, the day after an attack by the Houthis on the city, August 10, 2026.

September 11, 2026 News Release

Kenya: Organized Gang Attacks in Lead-Up to Elections

Address Violence, Safeguard Rights

Opposition politician Edwin Sifuna speaks during a rally in Nyandiwo, Homa Bay county, Kenya, on August 16, 2026.

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