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April 15, 2024
Tajikistan: EU States, Turkey Should Not Return Dissidents
Exiled Tajik Opposition Activists Arrested, Disappeared
(Berlin, April 16, 2024) – Several people based in Lithuania, Poland, and Turkey, linked to a banned Tajik opposition movement, Group 24, have in recent months disappeared or have been arrested and threatened with extradition to Tajikistan, Human…
April 15, 2024
Letter to the World Bank and IMF Executive Directors on Failings to Promote the Human Right to Social Security
Dear Executive Directors,
We, the undersigned human rights, faith-based, and economic justice organizations, are writing to express concerns that the World Bank and IMF are failing to promote the human right to social security for all.[1] We are…
April 15, 2024
Civil Society Organisations Call on MEPs to Vote Down Harmful EU Migration Pact
Amidst warnings from over 50 Civil Society Organisations, EU lawmakers reached a political agreement on the EU’s New Pact on Migration and Asylum in December. The agreement is a continuation of a decade of policy that has led to the proliferation of…
April 15, 2024
Justa Libertad: A Movement to Decriminalize Abortion in Ecuador
The Green Wave Continues to Make Strides in Latin America
Justa Libertad, an Ecuadorian coalition of eight civil society organizations, recently filed a lawsuit before the Constitutional Court of Ecuador seeking to decriminalize abortion. This crucial initiative seeks to ensure that women, girls, and other…
April 15, 2024
Ten years after his arbitrary arrest, NGOs call for Saudi human rights defender Waleed Abu al-Khair to be released
Monday, 15 April 2024 marks the tenth anniversary of the arrest of Saudi human rights defender Waleed Abu al-Khair, who is serving a 15-year prison sentence as a result of his peaceful human rights activism. He has repeatedly been ill-treated in…
April 15, 2024
Saudi Arabia: Free Award-Winning Activist
Waleed Abu al-Khair Held for a Decade for Peaceful Activism
(Beirut) – Saudi authorities should immediately release Waleed Abu al-Khair, an award-winning Saudi human rights defender and lawyer, 17 human rights groups including Human Rights Watch said today, on the 10th anniversary of his arrest. He is serving…
April 15, 2024
Germany: Scholz Should Stand Firm on Rights in China
Chancellor’s Visit a Test for Berlin’s Resolve on its China Strategy
(Berlin) – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz should stress the importance of human rights in the Sino-German relationship during his visit to China and meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Human Rights Watch said today. Scholz arrived in Beijing on…
April 15, 2024
Letter to German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Upcoming China Visit and Human Rights
April 12, 2024
Re: Upcoming China visit and human rights
Dear Chancellor Scholz,
We are writing to you on behalf of Human Rights Watch in advance of your visit to China on April 13-16, 2024.
We recognize that Germany has a complicated and…
April 15, 2024
Abu Ghraib Torture Case Finally Goes to Trial
20 Years On, Still No Accountability for US Government Abuses
Twenty years have passed since the media broke the story that US forces and the CIA were torturing “war on terror” detainees at Abu Ghraib and other US-run prisons in Iraq. But for the men who were tortured, it feels like only yesterday. The physical…
April 15, 2024
Brazil: Reject Bill That Entrenches Failed Drug Policy
Use Public Health Approaches Instead of Criminalizing Personal Use
(São Paulo) – Brazil’s Congress should reject a proposed constitutional amendment that would entrench the criminalization of drug possession for personal use.
The Senate is expected to vote in the coming days on an amendment to article 5 of Brazil’…
April 12, 2024
Sudan: One Year of Atrocities Requires New Global Approach
Investigations into Deliberate Aid Obstruction, Possible War Crimes Needed
(Nairobi) – As global and regional leaders meet in Paris to spotlight Sudan and mark the one-year anniversary of the country’s brutal conflict between Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF), they should make clear that…
April 12, 2024
Belarus Calls LGBT Lives ‘Pornography’
“Depicting” LGBT Relationships May Be Punishable with a Prison Sentence
Belarus has hit a new low in its targeting of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people. As of today, the definition of pornography under Belarusian law will include depictions of same-sex relationships as well as transgender people.…
April 12, 2024
Georgia: Abandon ‘Foreign Agent’ Registration Law
Proposed Bill Poses Grave Threat to Civil Society, Including Trade Unions
(Tbilisi, April 12, 2024) – The Georgian government should withdraw permanently its plans to reintroduce so-called “foreign agent” legislation, Human Rights Watch and five labor rights organizations and trade unions said in a statement released today…
April 12, 2024
Germany: Landmark Vote for Trans Rights Law
Creates Gender Recognition Procedure, Upholds Nondiscrimination
(Berlin, April 12, 2024) – Germany’s parliament on April 12, 2024, passed a landmark law that allows transgender and non-binary people to modify their legal documents to reflect their gender identity through an administrative procedure based on self-…
April 12, 2024
China: Immediately release human rights lawyer Yu Wensheng and activist Xu Yan
13 April marks the first anniversary of the detention of human rights lawyer Yu Wensheng and his wife, activist Xu Yan.
We, the undersigned civil society organizations, are deeply concerned about this case and call for the immediate and unconditional…
April 12, 2024
Germany’s Antisemitism Battle Needs Focus on Education
Brutal Attack in Berlin Highlights Need for Cross-Institutional Approach and Commitment
In early February, a 30-year-old Jewish student was hospitalized following an attack by a fellow student at Berlin’s largest public university, Freie Universität Berlin.
Berlin’s authorities treated the attack as politically motivated antisemitic…
April 12, 2024
Mali: Junta Suspends Political Parties, Associations
Action Undermines Fundamental Freedoms
(Nairobi) – Mali’s transitional military government should immediately reverse its suspension of political parties and associations, Human Rights Watch said today. The suspension violates both Malian law and the rights to freedom of expression,…
April 11, 2024
Submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women and Girls in Sport
Human Rights Watch welcomes the opportunity to provide input to the report of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls to the United Nations General Assembly on violence against women and girls in sport. This submission covers…