Summary For most children with disabilities in Iran, going to school is an out-of-reach dream. For the relative few who are able to attend, the experience is often a hard one. During the 2018-2019 school year, only 150,000…

Summary Alireza, 22, has cerebral palsy. He uses a wheelchair and can only use his right hand. He had to drop out of school at 15 because there was no way for him to reach classrooms on the upper floors of the school or use the toilet. Before that,…

Summary Every day I fear for my safety living in this country because of my sexual orientation. I am alive but if anyone ever find out and wanted to find out, they can kill me …I am an easy target for anything. —Peter, Dominica,…

Summary “I am a mechanical engineer and I was interviewed for a position in Iran's oil and gas fields […]. My contact in the company told me that they really liked me, but that they did not want to hire a woman to go to the…

Map of Iran Summary Security forces arrested Rebin Rahmani on November 19, 2006, in Kermanshah, the capital of the western Iranian province of the…

Curtailing Criticism Intimidation and Obstruction of Civil Society in Uganda Summary Recommendations To the President, the Government of Uganda, and NRM Officials To the NGO …

“Even Dead Bodies Must Work” Health, Hard Labor, and Abuse in Ugandan Prisons Map: Prisons Visited by Human Rights Watch in Uganda Definitions and Acronyms Summary Key Recommendations …

  “We Are a Buried Generation” Discrimination and Violence against Sexual Minorities in Iran Terminology Summary Recommendations To the Government of Iran To the Government of Turkey and Other …

Human Rights Watch traveled to northern Uganda with photographer Martina Bacigalupo to document the lives of women with disabilities. See and hear their stories.

“As if We Weren’t Human” Discrimination and Violence against Women with Disabilities in Northern Uganda Summary Key Recommendations I. Methodology II. Background A Post-Conflict Setting III. Findings…

Uprooted and Forgotten Impunity and Human Rights Abuses in Northern Uganda Glossary of Acronyms Summary Abbreviated Recommendations To the Government of Uganda To the Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces To the Lord's Resistance Army…

POLICY PARALYSIS: A CALL FOR ACTION ON HIV/AIDS-RELATED HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS IN AFRICA      SUMMARY II. ABUSES OF WOMEN AND GIRLS THAT FUEL HIV/AIDS.. HIV/AIDS and Abuse of Girls Risks to Women and Girls in…

Just Die Quietly: Domestic Violence and Women's Vulnerability to HIV in Uganda Table of Contents Map of Uganda I.SUMMARY.. II.RECOMMENDATIONS To the Government of Uganda To Donors and Regional and International Organizations: III. BACKGROUND.. Uganda…