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June 24, 2026 Dispatches

Malawi’s New National Action Plan on Albinism

Addresses Economic Exclusion; Could Become a Regional Model

Maureen Kamatu, 28, has been self-employed at a mobile money cash-transfer booth in Lilongwe, Malawi.
June 16, 2026 Commentary

Belonging in Malawi Should Last Long After the Music Stops

During the June 12 launch of the joint report by Human Rights Watch and African Albinism Network on discrimination against people with albinism in employment, Malawi’s Minister of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare dances with a young child with albinism as community members gather around them on the eve of International Albinism Awareness Day in Lilongwe.
June 16, 2026 Dispatches

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A girl walks to school at an Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in the northwestern Idlib province in Syria, near the Bab al-Hawa border crossing with Turkey, on January 6, 2023.
June 12, 2026 Commentary

People With Albinism Face Discrimination, Danger

Out of concern for her safety, Patricia J., avoids informal or unregulated workplaces such as markets and roadside stalls. “I have lingering trauma, still carrying the fear that at any moment I can be attacked again. I can’t shake the thought, especially when I’m in a new place.”
June 12, 2026 News Release

Malawi: People with Albinism Face Discrimination, Barriers to Work

Stigma, Insecurity, Lack of Accommodations Undermine Rights

Lazarus K., 38, in Dowa, Malawi.
June 11, 2026 Dispatches

EU Asylum Pact Threatens Rights of People with Disabilities

National Implementation Should Address Shortcomings

Ali, a 22-year-old Afghan asylum seeker with a disability, living in Moria camp, on the beach in Lesbos, Greece. He told Human Rights Watch he can’t access showers in the camp and sometimes tries to wash himself in the sea.
June 1, 2026 News Release

Egypt: Barriers to Work for People with Disabilities

Obstacles, Ineffective Quotas, Inaccessible Workplaces Deepen Economic Insecurity

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Ensure Effective Investigation, Address Disability Rights Failures

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April 28, 2026 Commentary

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Afghan girls attend a class after their school reopened in Kabul on March 23, 2022. Hours later, the Taliban ordered girls' secondary schools shut.
March 30, 2026 News Release

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March 16, 2026 Dispatches

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Human Rights Watch Director of the Disability Rights Division, Elizabeth Kamundia (left), and Marco Bristo Fellow for Courageous Leadership in Disability Rights, Hilda Macheso (center), interview people in Malawi, October 2025.
March 10, 2026 Dispatches

Child in the US Deprived of Hearing Aids during Deportation

Six-Year-Old’s Ordeal Raises Human Rights Concerns

Lesly Rodriguez Gutierrez (R) and her two children, aged five and six, were detained by ICE in San Francisco, California, US, on March 3, 2026.
March 5, 2026 Statement

From Education to Employment: Ending Structural Discrimination Against Persons with Albinism

HRW Oral Statement - ID with Independent Expert on Albinism - HRC61

Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, June 16, 2025.
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Sudan: People with Disabilities Targeted in North Darfur

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Independent Living Begins in Childhood

Support for Those with Disabilities Should Go Beyond the Family

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