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May 7, 2024 News

Boys Forcibly Separated from Mother Highlights Health Concerns

 (New York) – The government of Trinidad and Tobago should urgently bring home Trinidadian children and their mothers imprisoned in Iraq because of their alleged association with the Islamic State (ISIS), Human Rights Watch said today. Four…
Women and children wait in a holding cell
May 7, 2024 News

Advocacy Letter to the Ambassador of Bangladesh to the United Arab Emirates

April 15, 2024H.E. Mohammed Abu ZafarAmbassador of Bangladesh to the United Arab EmiratesEmbassy of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, Abu DhabiVilla No. 46,48, Sector. 19, Zone. W31P.O. Box 2504, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesSent via email: mission.…
May 7, 2024 News

Aid Still Being Obstructed Despite Famine

 (Jerusalem) – Israel is contravening the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) legally binding orders by obstructing the entry of lifesaving aid and services into Gaza, Human Rights Watch said today. Since January 2024, the court has twice ordered…
 Egyptian trucks carrying humanitarian aid bound for the Gaza Strip queue outside the Rafah border crossing on the Egyptian side on March 23, 2024.
May 7, 2024 News

Marcos Administration Needs to End ‘Red-Tagging,’ Enhance Prosecutions

 Advocates of media freedom in the Philippines got some good news within days of World Press Freedom Day on May 3. On April 29, police arrested a third suspect in the on-air shooting of radio broadcaster Juan Jumalon in Mindanao. And a…
Activists call for justice and protection of media workers during a rally following the killing of radio journalist Percy Lapid, Quezon City, Philippines, October 4, 2022.
May 7, 2024 News

Countries Should Prioritize Economic Justice, Healthy Environment

(New York) – United Nations member countries should use negotiations on the “Pact for the Future” to commit to strengthening human rights, including promoting economic justice and protecting the right to a healthy environment, Human…
UN Headquarters
May 7, 2024 News

Countries Should Suspend Arms Sales, Military Assistance to Israel

(Beirut) – An Israeli strike on an emergency and relief center in south Lebanon on March 27, 2024, was an unlawful attack on civilians that failed to take all necessary precautions, Human Rights Watch said today. If the attack on civilians was carried…
A man carries belongings of a paramedic killed at a paramedic center hit on March 27, 2024, by an Israeli airstrike in Habbarieh, southern Lebanon, March 27, 2024. 
May 6, 2024 News

Stop Scapegoating Foreign Nationals Ahead of Elections

(Johannesburg) – Candidates in South Africa’s forthcoming general elections have been scapegoating and demonizing foreign nationals, risking stoking xenophobic violence, Human Rights Watch said today. On May 29, 2024, South Africa will hold general…
Protestors demonstrate in front of the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) against xenophobia and vigilantism in the country, Johannesburg, during Africa Day, May 25, 2022.
May 5, 2024 News

Member Countries Should Seek Meaningful Reforms from Hun Manet’s Government

(Geneva) – United Nations member countries should press the Cambodian government on its human rights abuses, including targeting political opponents and dissidents, Human Rights Watch said today. On May 8, 2024, Cambodia will appear before…
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May 5, 2024 News

ASEAN Should Fill Gaps on Indigenous Rights, Corporate Accountability in New Declaration

Last week, millions of people in Southeast Asia grappled with a record-setting heatwave that triggered thousands of school closures, put unprecedented pressure on power grids, and led to fatal heat strokes. The brutal temperatures underscore the need…
Protesters march with a banner for Earth Day
May 3, 2024 News

Time for Bozizé to Face Justice; Guinea-Bissau Should Facilitate Extradition

Earlier this week, the Special Criminal Court (SCC) of the Central African Republic issued an arrest warrant for former president François Bozizé. He is charged with crimes against humanity allegedly committed between February 2009 and March 23, 2013…
François Bozizé, former president of the Central African Republic, seated
May 3, 2024 News

Inadequate Protection Provided for Community Long at Risk

For many Afghans, the country’s armed conflict has never ended. The armed group Islamic State of Khorasan Province (ISKP) attracted worldwide attention in March when it attacked the Crocus City Hall in Moscow, killing at least 143 people and…
A crowd surrounds a burial site
May 3, 2024 News

Xi Jinping’s Visit a Chance to Address Chinese Government’s Grave Abuses

(Paris) – French President Emmanuel Macron should lay out consequences for the Chinese government’s crimes against humanity and deepening repression during Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Paris, Human Rights Watch said today. Xi’s visit on May…
French President Emmanuel Macron and China's President Xi Jinping
May 3, 2024 News

‘Rights & Wrongs’ Tells Stories from Human Rights Hotspots Around the Globe 

(New York) – Human Rights Watch will present a podcast twice a month starting May 6, 2024, that will explore human rights hotspots around the world through the eyes and ears of people on the front lines. Rights & Wrongs will take listeners behind…
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