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April 23, 2024 News

Increases Protections, But More Reforms Needed

(Berlin, April 23, 2024) – Kazakhstan’s President Kasym-Jomart Tokayev signed a new law on April,15, 2024, to strengthen protections from violence for women and children, including domestic violence survivors, but it falls short in key areas, Human…
Activists hold a rally to support women's rights on International Women's Day in Almaty, Kazakhstan, March 8, 2023.
April 23, 2024 News

Revise or Reject Bill Undermining Freedom of Media, Expression, Association

(Johannesburg) – Angola’s parliament should significantly revise or withdraw a proposed national security law that fails to meet international human rights standards, Human Rights Watch said today. The draft National Security Law passed a first vote…
The National Assembly building in Luanda, Angola, February 13, 2013.
April 22, 2024 News

Osvalinda Pereira Spent Many Years Defending the Amazon

This Earth Day is an opportunity to celebrate the work of the courageous people who put themselves at risk fighting for a world in which people and the planet can thrive. I personally would like to honor Osvalinda Marcelino Alves Pereira. Sadly,…
Osvalinda Marcelino Alves Pereira.
April 22, 2024 News

50% of Pakistanis Do Not Have Access to Basic Primary Healthcare Services, and Approximately 42% Have No Access to Health Coverage

Muhammad Boota, a domestic worker in Lahore, requires an insulin injection every 10 days to help manage his diabetes. But just one of these injections costs about one-third of his meagre monthly salary. As with millions of Pakistanis with health…
Pakistani women wearing face masks leave the Aga Khan hospital where a patient suspected of having contracted coronavirus was admitted, in Karachi, Pakistan, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2020.
April 22, 2024 News

Countries Need to Highlight Lack of Free Speech, Religious Freedom, Fair Trials

(Geneva) – United Nations member countries should use the upcoming review of Vietnam’s rights record at the UN Human Rights Council to press the government to end its crackdown on dissent and other fundamental rights, Human Rights Watch said in its…
Twelve Vietnamese rights activists and bloggers currently detained for exercising their basic rights. Top row from left to right: Tran Huynh Duy Thuc, Hoang Duc Binh, Dinh Van Hai, Nguyen Tuong Thuy. Center row:  Pham Doan Trang, Le Trong Hung, Pham Chi Thanh, Pham Chi Dung. Bottom row: Nguyen Lan Thang, Can Thi Theu, Dang Dinh Bach, Hoang Thi Minh Hong.
April 22, 2024 News

Kurdish, Baluch, Azeri, and Other Ethnic Communities Apparently Targeted

(Beirut) – Iran's security forces raped, tortured, and sexually assaulted detainees while repressing widespread protests in 2022 and 2023, Human Rights Watch said today. The grave abuses are part of a broader pattern of serious human rights violations…
Silhouette of a woman (representation). 
April 21, 2024 News

Public Commitments to Worker Protections and Compensation Needed

(Beirut) – The upcoming visits of the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, to Bangladesh and Nepal should prioritize labor protections for migrant workers, Human Rights Watch said today. Both are key countries for Qatar’s migrant workforce…
Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, emir of Qatar, in Doha, November 29, 2023. 
April 19, 2024 News
(Amman) – Jordanian authorities should halt the imminent deportation of a Syrian communications student who faces a significant risk of persecution if forcibly returned to Syria, Human Rights Watch said today. The police arrested Atia Mohamad Abu…
Atia Mohamad Abu Salem, 24.
April 19, 2024 News

Reject Proposed Law That Would Reverse Critical Gains for Women’s, Girls’ Rights

(Abuja) – A bill before Gambia’s National Assembly to reverse a groundbreaking 2015 ban on female genital mutilation (FGM) jeopardizes the rights of women and girls in the country, Human Rights Watch said today. Gambia is among the 10…
Protesters against female genital mutilation (FGM) demonstrate outside the National Assembly in Banjul, Gambia, on March 18, 2024. 
April 18, 2024 News

Civilian Casualties, Threat of Atrocities Mount Following Fighting in El Fasher Vicinity

After a months-long, uneasy détente between Sudan’s two warring parties, hundreds of thousands of civilians sheltering in the city of El Fasher in Darfur are in the crosshairs.    In the past few days, several villages near El Fasher…
Destruction in a market area in El Fasher, the capital of Sudan's North Darfur state, September 1, 2023.
April 18, 2024 News

Ahead of Earth Day, Peru Mine Case Offers Key Lessons

Last month, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights found the Peruvian government responsible for violating the right to a healthy environment, among other rights, of residents of La Oroya, a town exposed to toxic pollution from a mine and smelter…
The Metalurgia Business Peru metallurgical complex in the city of La Oroya, in the department of Junín, east of Lima, November 9, 2022. 
April 18, 2024 News

New Amendments Address Gaps in Protection, Accountability Measures

Armenia’s parliament adopted amendments strengthening the country’s domestic violence law. The legislation was adopted last week as postwar Armenia both struggles to secure its border with neighboring Azerbaijan and deepen its relations with the…
Taguhi shows scars on her neck and shoulder.
April 18, 2024 News

Draft Text Overlooks Human Rights Harm of Fossil Fuels and Petrochemicals

Next week in Ottawa, countries will reconvene to continue negotiations on an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution. A revised draft of the treaty published by the United Nations Environment Programme on December 28, 2023,…
A boy sits on a bicycle in front of a plastic recycling facility in Adana, Turkey.
April 18, 2024 News

No Sign Olaf Scholz Ever Mentioned Human Rights

Germany's economy is very dependent on China, so expectations were low that Chancellor Olaf Scholz would place human rights concerns prominently on the agenda of his April 13-16 trip to China. But his apparent unwillingness to publicly say the words “…
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz sits opposite of Chinese President Xi Jinping during talks at the State Guest House in Beijing, China, April 16, 2024.
April 18, 2024 Report
Summary The bombing and shelling of populated cities, towns, and villages produces horrific humanitarian consequences. In recent armed conflicts—in Gaza, Myanmar, Sudan, Syria, Ukraine, Yemen, and elsewhere—this use of explosive weapons has killed…
April 18, 2024 News

Compliance with 2022 Political Declaration Would Reduce Harm in Armed Conflict

(Oslo, April 18, 2024) – The bombing and shelling of cities and towns during armed conflict has devastating consequences for cultural heritage and civilians, Human Rights Watch and Harvard Law School’s International Human Rights Clinic said in a…
A statue stands amidst the ruins of a museum

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