May 16, 2017
To learn more about the Human Rights Watch Film Festival, please visit https://ff.hrw.org/new-york. Here you can find the dates of upcoming festivals in different cities around the world, as well as details of past festivals.
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Middle East/North Africa
- February 27, 2019
Russia: Censorship of Music
Russian authorities have been interfering with performances of rappers and other musicians popular with younger audiences, forcing them to cancel concerts in acts of censorship that violate freedom of expression.
- February 26, 2019
Mass Sexual Harassment, Caught on Tape in Brazil
Taking advantage of the anonymity of the crowd, the Remo fans first booed them and then chanted demeaning lyrics about kissing and having sex with Paysandu women.
- February 26, 2019
Mass Sexual Harassment, Caught on Tape in Brazil
Taking advantage of the anonymity of the crowd, the Remo fans first booed them and then chanted demeaning lyrics about kissing and having sex with Paysandu women.
- February 23, 2019
One Year Later: Refugees from DR Congo Shot and Killed in Rwanda
Rwandan authorities have failed to release their investigations of the fatal shooting of 12 protesting refugees by police in western Rwanda on February 22, 2018.
- February 20, 2019
Video: Police Abduct, Strangle, Disappear Young Men and Boys in Congo
Security forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo summarily killed at least 27 young men and boys and forcibly disappeared 7 others during an anti-crime campaign between May and September 2018. The campaign, known among the police as “Operation Likofi IV,” targeted alleged gang members in Congo’s capital, Kinshasa.
- February 20, 2019
Colombia: New Army Commanders Linked to Killings
The Colombian government has named in key positions of the army multiple officers against whom there is credible evidence of involvement in extrajudicial executions and other abuses that are under investigation.
- February 13, 2019
Video: LGBTI Events Banned in Turkey's Capital Ankara
The ban in Turkey's capital Ankara on public events focused on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) issues discriminates against LGBTI people and violates their fundamental rights, and should therefore be immediately lifted.
- February 11, 2019
Video: Children of ISIS Members Trapped in Squalid Camps and Prisons
Tunisian officials have been dragging their feet on helping bring home Tunisian children held without charge in foreign camps and prisons for families of Islamic State (also known as ISIS) members.
- February 10, 2019
Sudan: Video Footage Shows Extreme Violence, Abuse
Human Rights Watch released a video on February 11, 2019 that shows government forces’ extreme violence and shocking abuses against protesters during weeks of largely peaceful protests across the country. The United Nations Human Rights Council should urgently respond to the human rights crisis in Sudan at its March session and ensure an independent investigation into the violations committed since the start of protests in December 2018