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May 1, 2024 News

Indonesia Court Ruling a Boon for Free Expression

Powerful People, Officials Misused Law to Silence Criticism

 “Historic,” said the activist Haris Azhar, describing Indonesia's Constitutional Court ruling in March to revoke three false news and defamation clauses from the country’s 1946 criminal code. The judges wanted to protect human rights, he said…
Haris Azhar after his trial at the East Jakarta court, delivering a speech from a truck outside the court house, January 8, 2024.
May 1, 2024 Report

“We Couldn’t Wait”

Summary When Sandra S., her husband, and their two young children arrived at the US-Mexico border, they thought they had reached safety. They had fled Michoacán, Mexico, after an armed member of a cartel forced his way into their home and…
May 1, 2024 News

US: Digital Metering System Exposes Migrants to Harm

Asylum Turnbacks Violate Rights and Enrich Criminal Groups

(Mexico City) – The administrations of US President Joe Biden and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador are forcing thousands of people seeking asylum in the US to wait for months in Mexico, exposing them to danger, Human Rights Watch said in…
A seated man using a cell phone
April 30, 2024 News

Germany Falling Short in Curbing Anti-Muslim Racism

Gaps in Responses; Narrow Understanding; Lack of Data, Capacity

(Berlin, April 30, 2024) – The German government is falling short in protecting Muslims and people perceived to be Muslims from racism amid rising incidents of hate and discrimination, Human Rights Watch said today. The absence of a working definition…
Demonstrators mark the anniversary of a far-right extremist attack on February 19, 2020 in Hanau, Germany, that killed nine persons of predominantly Muslim background, February 17, 2024.
April 29, 2024 News

Environment Defenders Face New Wave of Oppression

We all have an interest in supporting people who are pressing governments to meet their obligations on climate change, whether they are protesting in the street, bringing cases to court, or even carrying out civil disobedience. Yet, as the climate…
Protesters rally in support of climate activist Deanna "Violet" Coco, who was sentenced to jail for helping to block the Sydney Harbour Bridge, outside the Downing Centre court building in Sydney, Australia, December 13, 2022.
April 29, 2024 News

Saudi Arabia: Halt Executions of Child Offenders

Death Penalty for Alleged Crimes Committed as Children

(Beirut) – Saudi Arabia’s court of appeal in April 2024 approved death sentences for two Saudi men for protest-related crimes allegedly committed as children, Human Rights Watch and 26 other organizations said today in a joint statement. Saudi…
Men hold placards bearing portraits of a prominent Shia Muslim cleric, Nimr al-Nimr, whose execution sparked demonstrations in 2016 by the country's minority Shia citizens against systematic governmental discrimination. Some of the alleged child offenders currently on trial were accused of attending similar protests. 
April 29, 2024 News

South Sudan: ‘Disappeared’ Critic Resurfaces

Spate of Forced Disappearances Points Up Need to Reform Security Agency

(Nairobi) – The reappearance in a South Sudan court of a former refugee who had been forcibly disappeared more than a year ago points up the urgent need to reform the National Security Service (NSS), Human Rights Watch said today. South Sudan…
Morris Mabior Awikjok Bak
April 29, 2024 News

UAE: Unfair Trial of Rights Defenders

Authorities Should End Prolonged Solitary Confinement, Drop Charges

(Beirut) – Emirati authorities are holding an unfair mass trial that has raised serious due process concerns, Human Rights Watch said today. The trial includes many defendants held in prolonged solitary confinement, which may amount to torture. In…
A man in a white gutra
April 27, 2024 News

Lebanon: Ministerial Decision Advances Justice

(Beirut) – Lebanon’s Council of Ministers issued a decision on April 26, 2024, instructing the Foreign Affairs Ministry to file a declaration with the International Criminal Court (ICC) registrar accepting the court’s jurisdiction to investigate…
The car that three girls and their grandmother were killed in during an Israeli airstrike in the outskirts of the southern town of Aynata, Lebanon, November 6, 2023.
April 26, 2024 News

US Universities Should Respect Right to Protest

End Crackdown on Peaceful Pro-Palestinian Protests

Pro-Palestine university campus protests have spread across the United States, with harsh crackdowns at some institutions, including Columbia University, the University of Texas, and Emory University. These include mass suspensions, evictions from…
Pro-Palestinian student protesters at a demonstration at Columbia University on the third day of "Gaza Solidarity Encampment" in New York, US, April 19, 2024.
April 26, 2024 News

Guinea Massacre Trial Enters Final Stage

Reclassification of Charges Remains Open Question, Date Set for Closing Submissions

The last major phase in Guinea’s landmark domestic trial about the brutal massacre of peaceful demonstrators in 2009 concluded on April 23. That last phase, known as the “confrontations,” began on April 15 as judges and all parties posed questions to…
Eleven men accused of responsibility for the 2009 massacre and mass rape of pro-democracy protesters by forces linked to a former military junta in Guinea.
April 26, 2024 News

African Governments Falling Short on Healthcare Funding

Slow Progress 23 Years After Landmark Abuja Declaration

(Washington, DC) – African governments are falling far short in their commitments to prioritize public spending on health care, contributing to widespread inequalities in healthcare access and outcomes, Human Rights Watch and the Kampala-based…
Empty beds in a ward at the Kiambu Referral Hospital, Kenya, as doctors and medical practitioners strike to demand payment of their salaries and other grievances, April 23, 2024.
April 25, 2024 News

Australia: Rights Vetting Crucial for Defence Cooperation

Use Bilateral Security Force Agreements to Reject Serious Violators

(Sydney) - The Australian government should include human rights vetting provisions in all bilateral security force cooperation agreements, Human Rights Watch said in a submission to the Parliamentary Joint Standing Committee on Treaties. The…
Australian soldiers take part in training exercises in Townsville, Australia, June 30, 2023.

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