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September 18, 2025 News Release

US: Maritime Strikes Amount to Extrajudicial Killings

Attacks on Alleged Drug-Smuggling Vessels Violate International Human Rights Law

A combination image shows two screen captures from a footage posted on the X account of The White House on September 15, 2025, of what US President Donald Trump said was a military strike on a Venezuelan drug cartel vessel, the second such strike carried out against an alleged drug boat in recent weeks.
August 1, 2025 Report

Gaza: Israeli Killings of Palestinians Seeking Food Are War Crimes

Abandon US-Backed ‘Death Trap’ Scheme, Press Israel to End Mass Starvation

Palestinians at a US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation distribution site for humanitarian aid in the “Netzarim Corridor, "central Gaza Strip, May 29, 2025. 
June 17, 2025 Commentary

Russia Uses Drones to Target Civilians in Alarming Development

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February 25, 2025 News Release

Sudan: Armed Group Allied to the Military Attacks Village

Hold Forces Accountable for Gezira Attacks; Protect Civilians

Picture of graves dug by residents of Tayba where the victims of the Sudan Shield Forces were buried after the attack on January 10. The picture was taken/shared by a resident of Tayba and geolocated by Human Rights Watch in Tayba.
May 3, 2024 Dispatches

Nigerian Military Should Provide Details of Investigation into Deadly Airstrike

Ensure Transparency, Reparations for Victims

Nigerian Chief of Army Staff Lt. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, center, with other community leaders at the grave side where victims of an army drone attack were buried in Tudun Biri village, Nigeria, December 5, 2023.
November 14, 2023 News Release

Lebanon: Israeli Strike an Apparent War Crime

Three Children, Grandmother Killed in Their Car

The car that three girls and their grandmother were killed in during an Israeli airstrike in the outskirts of the southern town of Aynata, Lebanon, November 6, 2023.
September 14, 2023 Statement

Human Rights and Security Coalition Submission to the UN Human Rights Committee Review of the United States of America

139th Session, September 2023

September 12, 2022 Statement

Philippines: Submission to the UN Human Rights Committee

136th Session

July 15, 2022 Dispatches

France’s Energy Plans Should Not Include Ignoring UAE Abuses

Emmanuel Macron should publicly raise UAE’s rights record during Mohamed bin Zayed’s visit

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June 8, 2022 Q & A

Iran’s 1988 Mass Executions

Evidence & Legal Analysis of “Crimes Against Humanity”

Photos of victims at a memorial commemorating those killed during the mass executions in the 1980s, Khavaran cemetery in Tehran, Iran, 2020.
June 8, 2022 News Release

Iran: 1988 Mass Executions Evident Crimes Against Humanity

Senior Officials Implicated Should Be Investigated, Fairly Prosecuted

Photos of victims at a memorial commemorating those killed during the mass executions in the 1980s, Khavaran cemetery in Tehran, Iran, 2020.
February 9, 2022 Statement

Senate Hearing on "Targeted Killing' and the Rule of Law"

Human Rights Watch Statement for the Record

The dome of the US Capitol seen through a glass ceiling in Washington, DC, April 29, 2021.
September 30, 2021 Commentary

When Targeted Killings Become ‘Tragic Mistakes’

Since the 9/11 attacks, U.S. forces fighting in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, and elsewhere have carried out targeted killings that frequently kill and injure civilians.

The Pentagon, Washington, DC, United States.
December 15, 2020 Commentary

To End the Killings in Libya, the Cost Balance Needs to Change

Armed forces allied to internationally recognized government fight with armed group in Tripoli, Libya September 22, 2018. © 2018 Hani Amara/Reuters
August 21, 2019 Report

Yemen: Coalition Warships Attack Fishing Boats

47 Yemeni Fishermen Killed, Dozens Detained Since 2018

Fishermen rest on their boats in Hodeida, Yemen before going out to sea, September 2018. Since 2018, Saudi-led coalition naval forces have attacked fishing boats in the Red Sea, killing at least 47 Yemeni fishermen. © 2018 Hani Mohammed/AP Photo

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