Also in this week’s newsletter: Our latest on the Middle East crisis, a landmark UN resolution, and the weekly quiz.

Many of the atrocities, including the government’s ethnic cleansing of the country’s Fulani civilians, amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity for which senior leaders on all sides may be liable. 

For the report, HRW interviewed more than 450 people about grave abuses between January 2023 and August 2025. Researchers also carried out extensive open-source analysis, examining satellite imagery, thousands of hours of audiovisual footage, and official documents to verify incidents and identify commanders on all sides. 

“The world needs to recognize the magnitude of the atrocities unfolding in Burkina Faso to bring them to an end,” said HRW Executive Director Philippe Bolopion.

Victims and their families deserve genuine accountability.

Updates: Crisis in the Middle East

Follow our latest reporting on the conflict on a new page. Here are some of this week’s headlines:

• Iranian military steps up child recruitment
• Thousands of prisoners at risk in Iran
• Migrants in Gulf countries find themselves in limbo
• Iran launches unlawful cluster munition strikes on Israel 

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The Weekly Quiz

Here’s this week’s 5-question quiz to test your knowledge on the latest breaking human rights news.