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“I Always Remember That Day”

Access to Services for Survivors of Gender-Based Violence in Ethiopia’s Tigray Region

The 89-page report, “‘I Always Remember That Day’: Access to Services for Gender-Based Violence Survivors in Ethiopia’s Tigray Region,” documents the serious health impact, trauma, and stigma experienced by rape survivors ages 6 to 80 since the beginning of the armed conflict in Tigray in November 2020. Human Rights Watch highlighted the human cost of the Ethiopian government’s effective siege of the region, which has prevented an adequate and sustained response to survivors’ needs and the rehabilitation of the region’s shattered healthcare system.

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  • Mass Rape in North Darfur

    Sudanese Army Attacks against Civilians in Tabit

    The 48-page report documents Sudanese army attacks in which at least 221 women and girls were raped in Tabit over 36 hours beginning on October 30, 2014. The mass rapes would amount to crimes against humanity if found to be part of a widespread or systematic attack on the civilian population.

  • Homeless, Landless, and Destitute

    The Plight of Zimbabwe’s Tokwe-Mukorsi Flood Victims

    This 57-page report documents human rights violations suffered by people forced to suddenly evacuate their homes due to massive flooding in the Tokwe-Mukorsi dam basin in February 2014, which some experts say could have been avoided.

  • “Journalism Is Not a Crime”

    Violations of Media Freedoms in Ethiopia

    This 76-page report details how the Ethiopian government has curtailed independent reporting since 2010.

  • Ending the Era of Injustice

    Advancing Prosecutions for Serious Crimes Committed in South Sudan’s New War

    This 38-page report draws from interviews with South Sudanese judges, prosecutors, private lawyers, victims, government officials, nongovernmental groups, UN staff, and foreign diplomats in October 2014 to explain why justice is needed, and makes recommendations to ensure perpetrators are held to account.

  • Operation Likofi

    Police Killings and Enforced Disappearances in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

    The 57-page report details how uniformed police, often wearing masks, dragged kuluna, or suspected gang members, from their homes at night and executed them. The police shot and killed the unarmed young men and boys outside their homes, in the open markets where they slept or worked, and in nearby fields or empty lots.

  • No Way Out

    Child Marriage and Human Rights Abuses in Tanzania

    This 75-page report documents how child marriage severely curtails girls’ access to education, and exposes them to exploitation and violence – including marital rape and female genital mutilation (FGM) – and reproductive health risks.

  • "Make Their Lives Miserable"

    Israel’s Coercion of Eritrean and Sudanese Asylum Seekers to Leave Israel

    This 83-page report documents how Israel’s convoluted legal rules thwart Eritrean and Sudanese asylum seekers’ attempts to secure protection under Israeli and international law.

  • “The Power These Men Have Over Us”

    Sexual Exploitation and Abuse by African Union Forces in Somalia

    This 71-page report documents the sexual exploitation and abuse of Somali women and girls on two AMISOM bases in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, since 2013.

  • Two Years With No Moon

    Immigration Detention of Children in Thailand

    This 67-page report details how Thailand’s use of immigration detention violates children’s rights, risks their health and wellbeing, and imperils their development. The Thai government should stop detaining children on immigration grounds, Human Rights Watch said.

  • South Sudan's New War

    Abuses by Government and Opposition Forces

    The 92-page report documents how widespread killings of civilians, often based on their ethnicity, and mass destruction and looting of civilian property, have defined the conflict.

  • "Where Do You Want Us to Go?"

    Abuses against Street Children in Uganda

    The 71-page report documents human rights violations against street children by police and local government officials, as well as abuses by members of the community and older homeless children and adults.

  • “We Are Also Dying of AIDS”

    Barriers to HIV Services and Treatment for Persons with Disabilities in Zambia

    The 80-page report documents the obstacles faced by people with disabilities in both the community and healthcare settings.

  • The Courts of "Absolute Power"

    Fair Trial Violations by Somalia’s Military Court

    The 33-page report documents violations of basic fair trial rights of defendants tried before military courts, including military personnel, suspected insurgents and supporters, police officers, and ordinary civilians.

  • "We Were Sent to Kill You"

    Gang Attacks in Western Kenya and the Government’s Failed Response

    The 37-page report based on Human Rights Watch research in the two counties, documents the little-reported attacks on nine villages in Busia and Bungoma counties by criminal gangs of armed young men from March to July 2013.