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December 4, 2025

DR Congo Accord Offers Promises, but Little More

The Regional Economic Integration Framework to be signed today by Democratic Republic of Congo President Félix Tshisekedi and Rwanda President Paul Kagame at the White House in Washington, DC, is being heralded as a breakthrough for regional cooperation over confrontation.
Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi (L) and Rwandan President Paul Kagame at the Serena Hotel in Rubavu, Rwanda, on June 25, 2021.
December 4, 2025

Gaza’s Children Need Sweden’s Help

On October 22, my colleagues and I took part in a demonstration in Stockholm to read the names of the children killed in Gaza since October 7, 2023. Initiated by the Swedish Peace and Arbitration Society, the gathering was held by 23 organisations, including Human Rights Watch, Amnesty Sweden, and Oxfam.
Demonstrators in Stockholm, Sweden read the names of the children killed in Gaza since October 7, 2023.
December 4, 2025

Joint Civil Society Statement on the Council’s position on the Return Regulation Proposal

We, the undersigned civil society organisations across Europe, express deepest concern regarding the direction that discussions on the proposal for a Return Regulation are currently taking in the Council of the European Union. The compromise text prepared by the Danish Presidency, reflecting amendments and positions advanced by several Member States, represents a severe and unprecedented deterioration of safeguards, legal protections, and fundamental rights standards within EU return policy and the broader legislative framework.
December 4, 2025

Georgia: Repressive Laws Effectively Criminalize Peaceful Protests

(Berlin, December 4, 2025) – Georgian authorities have adopted a series of laws that unjustifiably interfere with the right to peaceful assembly and are being used to suppress dissent, Human Rights Watch said today. Combined with abusive policing and steep fines, these measures violate Georgians’ right to peaceful protest, making dissent increasingly risky and leaving critics vulnerable to punitive measures.
Protestors outside of Georgia’s parliament in support of those arrested at a pro-EU rally earlier, Tbilisi, Georgia, April 8, 2025.
December 3, 2025

X’s Location Disclosure Undermines User Safety

Since November 21, social media company X has been rolling out a new feature called “About this account,” which displays information about users that was previously not publicly disclosed.
X rolled out a new feature called ''About your account'' as seen displayed on iPhone, November 23, 2025.
December 3, 2025

Roadmap for Change

Roadmap for Change: The Path Toward Implementing the Legal Capacity Reform in Mexico City offers practical guidance to help ensure that notaries can implement key 2024 reforms of Mexico City’s Civil Code in line with international human rights standards. Developed by Human Rights Watch and the College of Notaries of Mexico City, the document offers guidance on how to translate legal principles into concrete practices that respect the autonomy, will, and preferences of all adults, including people with disabilities and older people.
People standing in Mexico City Congress