January 17, 2019

World Report 2019: Reversing Autocrats’ Attacks on Rights

There is a growing global trend to confront the abuses of headline-grabbing autocrats, Human Rights Watch said today in launching its World Report 2019. Within the European Union, at the United Nations, and around the world, coalitions of states, often backed by civic groups and popular protests, are pushing back against anti-rights populists.

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January 17, 2019 Video

World Report 2019: Reversing Autocrats’ Attacks on Rights

There is a growing global trend to confront the abuses of headline-grabbing autocrats, Human Rights Watch said today in launching its World Report 2019. Within the European Union, at the United Nations, and around the world, coalitions of states, often backed by civic groups and popular protests, are pushing back against anti-rights populists.
January 16, 2019 Video

Video: World Report 2019 Press Conference Live from Berlin

World Report 2019 summarizes key human rights issues in more than 100 countries and territories worldwide, drawing on events from late 2017 through November 2018.

In his keynote essay, Executive Director Kenneth Roth says that the big news of the past year is not the continuation of authoritarian trends but the growing opposition to them.
January 10, 2019 Video

Why Trump’s Portrayal of Undocumented Immigrants Couldn’t be More Wrong

Demonizing immigrants as criminals is not only inaccurate, but dangerous. Undocumented residents play an important role in keeping communities safe. Just ask residents of Gypsum Colorado.
January 9, 2019 Video

Video: Venezuelan Military Officers and Families Detained, Tortured

Venezuelan intelligence and security forces have detained and tortured military personnel suspected of plotting against the government.
December 17, 2018 Video

Video: Greek Authorities Beat, Push Back Migrants into Turkey

Greek law enforcement officers at the land border with Turkey in the northeastern Evros region routinely summarily return asylum seekers and migrants.
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Video: Harassment of Environmental Activists in Kenya

Kenyan police and the military are harassing and intimidating environmental rights activists in Lamu county, coast region.

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