Human Rights Watch Live Audio Events

November 7, 2024 United States

What Does Trump’s Victory Mean for Human Rights Around the World?

Human Rights Watch discusses the election of Donald Trump and what his second term as United States president will mean for human rights in the US and around the world, with Sarah Yager, Washington Director at Human Rights Watch, and Stacy Sullivan, Communications Director at Human Rights Watch. Conversation held via LinkedIn Audio Event.
 

Republican President-elect Donald Trump after speaking at a campaign rally at Van Andel Arena, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, November 5, 2024. (C) 2024
September 19, 2024 Afghanistan, Asia

Afghanistan’s Women Judges, Three Years After the Taliban Takeover

When the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in August 2021, one of their early actions was to ban women from the legal profession. In this conversation, HRW’s Macarena Sáez is joined by Judge Marzia Babakarkhail, Justice Mona Lynch, Judge Basira Qazizada, and Judge Bahida Rahimi to discuss this crisis. 

Women gather to demand their rights under Taliban rule during a protest in Kabul, Afghanistan, September 3, 2021.
August 15, 2023 Afghanistan, Asia | Women's Rights

Two years of Taliban rule in Afghanistan

It's been nearly two years since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan. The country has largely disappeared from the media, but it remains one of the world’s worst humanitarian disasters. In this Space, we discuss t​​he humanitarian and economic crisis, restrictions on women's rights, and other human rights abuses in the country.

Taliban fighters fire into the air to disperse women protesters in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 13, 2022. © 2022/ AFP via Getty Images/Wakil Kohsar
May 11, 2023 Immigrants’ Rights and Border Policy, United States | Migrant and Refugee Children, Refugees and Migrants

Asylum Ban Replacing Title 42 Risks Lives at the Border

After more than three years, US President Joe Biden’s administration is slated to end the mass expulsion policy known as “Title 42.” Ari Sawyer, Vicki B. Gaubeca, and Alison Leal Parker discuss the policy that upended decades of asylum law.
 

US Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas speaks at a press briefing at the White House in Washington, DC on May 11, 2023.