Two Israeli strikes in Lebanon on October 13, 2023, that killed Reuters journalist Issam Abdallah and injured six other journalists was an apparently deliberate attack on civilians and thus a war crime.

India’s arbitrary internet shutdowns disproportionately hurt communities living with poverty that depend on the government’s social protection measures for food and livelihoods. In the age of “Digital India,” where the government has pushed to make internet fundamental to every aspect of life, the authorities instead use internet shutdowns as a default policing measure. The authorities should end the abusive practice of internet shutdowns, which carries grave costs for both the country’s reputation and its people.

What does Twitter under Elon Musk mean for human rights? Deborah Brown speaks with Yaqiu Wang and Michael Page for a discussion on Elon Musk, activists, and China and Saudi Arabia.

Under Elon Musk’s leadership, Twitter should invest in efforts to keep its most vulnerable users safe on the platform. In this Space, we discuss what Musk gets wrong about free speech, and the responsibilities social media platforms have to moderate content.

Russian authorities have brought unfounded terrorism charges against 24 Crimean Tatars, 20 of whom were arrested during heavily armed raids on their homes in the spring of this year, Human Rights Watch said today. Security officers tortured four of the men, denied lawyers access to search sites, planted evidence, and later briefly detained two activists who spoke out on behalf of the arrested men.

For 30 years, the Human Rights Watch Film Festival has recognized the rising importance of cinema as a force for raising awareness and galvanizing action.

“Our research shows, for the first time, that Xinjiang police are using illegally gathered information about people’s completely lawful behavior – and using it against them.”

The Fatah-led Palestinian Authority in the West Bank and Hamas authorities in Gaza routinely arrest and torture peaceful critics and opponents.