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March 30, 2021 News

IMF: Scant Transparency for Covid-19 Emergency Loans

Anti-Corruption Measures a Step Forward, but Weak Implementation

(Washington, DC) – The International Monetary Fund (IMF), despite overall progress in its anti-corruption efforts, has not ensured sufficient oversight of its Covid-19 emergency loans, Human Rights Watch and Transparency International said today…

International Monetary Fund (IMF) headquarters building is seen during the IMF/World Bank annual meetings in Washington, U.S., October 14, 2017.

December 9, 2020 News

China: Big Data Program Targets Xinjiang’s Muslims

Leaked List of Over 2,000 Detainees Demonstrates Automated Repression

(New York) – A big data program for policing in China’s Xinjiang region arbitrarily selects Turkic Muslims for possible detention, Human Rights Watch said today. A leaked list of over 2,000 detainees from Aksu prefecture provided to Human Rights Watch…

July 20, 2020 News

Egypt: Apparent Covid-19 Outbreaks in Prisons

Provide Protection, Medical Care, Accelerate Releases

(Beirut) – Several Egyptian prisons and police stations have had suspected Covid-19 outbreaks in recent weeks amid a strict official information blackout, Human Rights Watch said today. Accounts by witnesses to Human Rights Watch, leaked letters…

May 5, 2020 News

China: Covid-19 Discrimination Against Africans

Forced Quarantines, Evictions, Refused Services in Guangzhou

(New York) – The Chinese government should end the discriminatory treatment of Africans related to the Covid-19 pandemic, Human Rights Watch said today. Authorities should also protect Africans and people of African descent throughout China from…

An African restaurant is closed off along with other businesses in Guangzhou's Sanyuanli area, where a neighborhood is in lockdown after several people tested positive for the novel coronavirus disease, in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, China, April 13, 2020.

May 22, 2018 News

Egypt: Army Intensifies Sinai Home Demolitions

Destroys Homes, Farmland Around ‘Buffer Zones’

(Beirut) – The Egyptian army has vastly expanded widespread destruction of homes, commercial buildings, and farms in the North Sinai governorate since February 9, 2018, as part of its military campaign against an affiliate of the…

A house that the Egyptian army demolished in March 2018 in al-Arish as “retaliation” against suspects. © 2018 Private

June 11, 2017 News

Egypt: Cancel Military Court Death Sentences

Convicted Civilians Alleged Torture, Forcible Disappearances

(Beirut) – The case of eight men who could face imminent execution following a military trial shows why Egyptian authorities should place a moratorium on the death penalty, Human Rights Watch said today. The eight civilians, six…

May 18, 2009 News

Swine Flu Measures No Excuse for Abridging Rights

As of May 18, 2009, 40 countries have officially reported 8,829 cases of influenza A (H1N1) infection. Sixty-eight deaths have been reported in Mexico, four in the United States, one in Canada and one in Costa Rica from the new flu strain. Fears about…

November 27, 2001 News

Fact Sheet: Past U.S. Criticism of Military Tribunals

(Washington, DC) - Under President Bush's November 13th Military Order on military commissions, any foreign national designated by the President as a suspected terrorist or as aiding terrorists could potentially be detained, tried, convicted and even…

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