January 13, 2022

Germany: Syrian Official Sentenced to Life in Prison for Crimes against Humanity

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    HRW crisis and conflict researcher Belkis Wille joins Andrew Stroehlein to discuss torture by Russian occupying forces in recently liberated Izium, Ukraine.

    “Oleksandr” described a position he was forced into as the “spider:” soldiers forced him to lie on his chest and tied his hands to his feet behind his back. Then they put electrical pads in his hands and gave him electric shocks.
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    On September 30, an attack on an educational center in Kabul, Afghanistan, left more than 100 students dead or injured. Most of them were girls. Join HRW’s Fereshta Abbasi and Sahar Fetrat in conversation with Birgit Schwarz.

    People put flowers outside a school the day after a deadly attack
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    As Brazilians head to the polls, HRW discusses tactics of fear, intimidation, or misinformation targeting voters in Brazil, as well as in the US state of Georgia ahead of the 2022 United States midterms. HRW's Amanda Klasing moderates this conversation with Aklima Khondoker, Chief Legal Officer of the New Georgia Project

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    The death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in a hospital in Tehran after being arrested by the “morality police” for wearing an “improper hijab” has sparked protests in several cities and universities in Iran. What is the significance of these protests? Join us to discuss the growing popular discontent with compulsory hijab laws

    Iranian women walk down a street in the capital Tehran on February 7, 2018.
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    We gave every US state a grade on their child rights laws. The results are alarming. Join HRW and partners to discuss the scorecards and what they mean for child rights in the United States.

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    In the final episode of Ken Roth’s Exit Interviews, Ken is joined by former German Ambassador to the United Nations Christoph Heusgen to discuss the state of human rights in 2022.

    Delegates sit at the opening of the 41th session of the Human Rights Council, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, June 24, 2019.
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    (Istanbul, September 22, 2022) – Plastic recycling in Turkey is harming the health of many people and degrading the environment for everyone, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.   

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    Join HRW for a conversation on new United Kingdom Prime Minister Liz Truss as we discuss what this transition means for the assault on human rights.

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