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March 19, 2018 Letter

Letter to US Senate and House Leadership Regarding the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 Omnibus Appropriations Bill

March 19, 2018 Commentary

Widows, Land and Power

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.

March 19, 2018 News Release

Ukraine: Justice Needed for Former Secret Prison Detainees

Two Years Later, Victims No Closer to Remedy

© 2016 Human Rights Watch cover illustration with two men tied up

March 19, 2018 Commentary

Venezuela’s Journalists Can’t be Silenced

Venezuelans commemorate journalists' day in Caracas on June 27, 2017.

March 19, 2018 News Release

Algeria: Feminist Groups Arbitrarily Suspended

Restrictive Law Hampers Freedom of Association

Seals on the locks of the association Algerian Women Claiming their Rights (Femmes Algériennes Revendiquant leurs Droits, FARD).

March 19, 2018 Dispatches

The Stories of Asylum Seekers Trapped in Greece

On EU-Turkey Deal Anniversary, Greece Should End Containment Policy

Zahra Mosawi, 28, from Afghanistan is trapped on Lesbos, Greece. Despite being a survivor of gender-based violence and in need of psychosocial support, she’s been unable to find help in the camp.

March 19, 2018 Letter

Request: Immediate cessation of aid for the Cambodian 2018 general elections

Joint NGO letter

March 18, 2018 Commentary

Saudi Crown Prince Must Answer For Atrocities In Yemen

Saudi-led coalition aircraft struck three apartment buildings in Sanaa on August 25, 2017, killing at least 16 civilians, including seven children, and wounding another 17, including eight children. After an international outcry, the coalition admitted to

March 18, 2018 News Release

Russia Backs Syria in Unlawful Attacks on Eastern Ghouta

UN Should Immediately Deploy Monitors to Prevent Reprisal Executions

People walk with their belongings as they flee the rebel-held town of Hammouriyeh, in the village of Beit Sawa, eastern Ghouta, Syria March 15, 2018. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki

March 17, 2018 Commentary

Impunity Bred Marielle's Murder

March 17, 2018 Commentary

Justice May Be Coming for Philippine Strongman

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte stands during a call with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) economic ministers in Manila, Philippines, September 6, 2017.

March 16, 2018 Dispatches

Coverup in Thai Army Killing of Teenage Activist

Security Camera Footage Goes Missing

Ethnic Lahu activist Chaiyaphum Pa-sae, 17, was shot dead by Thai soldiers during an anti-drug operation on March 17, 2017.

March 16, 2018 Letter

Rights Groups Gravely Concerned Over Haspel Nomination for CIA