Youth Producing Change 2010
Young people are on the frontlines of many of the world’s human rights crises, but we all too rarely get to hear their point of view.
Liu Xiaobo - Nobel Peace Laureate
Liu Xiaobo, one of the most outspoken critics of the Chinese government, spent a year and a half in prison after the 1989 Tiananmen Square peaceful protests, and in 1996 was imprisoned for three years for criticizing China's policy toward Taiwan and the Dalai Lama.
Fingers to the Bone: Child Farmworkers in the US
The United States is failing to protect hundreds of thousands of children engaged in often grueling and dangerous farmwork. Current federal law permits children under age 18 to work for hire in agriculture at far younger ages, for far longer hours, and in far more hazardous conditions than in any other industry.
Dignity Overdue: Decent Work for Domestic Workers
Millions of women and girls around the world turn to domestic work in order to provide for themselves and their families. Instead of guaranteeing their ability to work with dignity and free of violence, governments have systematically denied them key labor protections extended to other workers.
World Report 2010
Kenneth Roth, Executive Director of Human Rights Watch, releases the organization's 20th annual World Report.
Right to Relief: Palliative Care in India
Doctors in India say it’s time for the Indian government to integrate palliative care into routine health care. Photography and footage by Brent Foster for Human Rights Watch.
No Refuge: Migrants in Greece
In a large-scale crackdown between June and August 2009, the Greek authorities arrested hundreds of migrants across the country, evicting them from run-down dwellings in Athens, bulldozing a makeshift camp in Patras, and detaining new arrivals on the islands. Many are unaccompanied children.
In Silence: Maternal Mortality in India
Photographer Susan Meiselas and reporter Dumeetha Luthra traveled to India for Human Rights Watch to retrace the steps of one woman who died after giving birth to a son. "In Silence" received a 2010 Webby Award in the Online Film & Video Documentary: Individual Episode category.
2100 by 2010: Burma's Forgotten Political Prisoners
In the past two years the Burma's military government has intensified arrests and intimidation of political activists and government critics. Human Rights Watch is pressing for the release of some 2,100 political prisoners in Burma by 2010.
