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April 25, 2024 News

Australia: Rights Vetting Crucial for Defence Cooperation

Use Bilaterial 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.
April 25, 2024 News

Africa’s High Teenage Pregnancy Rate Demands Strong Response

AU Should Adopt Guidelines to Protect Rights of Pregnant, Parenting Girls

Throughout 2024, the African Union will mark the “AU Year of Education.” The aim is to renew collective commitment and joint action by African countries towards the attainment of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 4 on education, as well…
A 19-year-old woman carries her child outside her secondary school classroom in Nyeri, Kenya, January 8, 2021.
April 25, 2024 News

Lebanon: Stepped-Up Repression of Syrians

Unlawful Deportations, Detention, Mistreatment

(Beirut) – Lebanese authorities have arbitrarily detained, tortured, and forcibly returned Syrians to Syria in recent months, including opposition activists and army defectors, Human Rights Watch said today. Between January and March 2024, Human…
Syrian children gather between tents at a refugee camp in Saadnayel in eastern Lebanon's Bekaa Valley, June 13, 2023.
April 25, 2024 News

Burkina Faso: Army Massacres 223 Villagers

Undertake Prompt, Independent Inquiry with AU, UN Assistance

(Nairobi) – The Burkina Faso military summarily executed at least 223 civilians, including at least 56 children, in two villages on February 25, 2024, Human Rights Watch said today. These mass killings, among the worst army abuse in Burkina…
The women’s mosque in the center of Soro village, Thiou district, northern Yatenga province, Burkina Faso. March 2024 © 2024 Private
April 24, 2024 News

Iran: Popular Rapper Sentenced to Death for Dissent

Revolutionary Courts are Key Tool in Authorities’ Brutal Repression

(Beirut) – An Iranian court has issued a death sentence to the imprisoned popular rapper Toumaj Salehi on speech-related charges, Human Rights Watch said today. The legal proceedings and sentence against Salehi, 33, are a cruel and outrageous assault…
Toumaj Salehi.
April 24, 2024 News

Honoring a Philippine Human Rights Icon

Rene Saguisag Defended Victims of Abuses During Marcos Dictatorship

The Philippines on April 23 lost a human rights stalwart. Rene Saguisag, a human rights lawyer and former senator, defended victims of abuses during the Ferdinand Marcos dictatorship and was an ardent human rights advocate in the ensuing years. He…
Human rights lawyer and former senator Rene Saguisag holds a copy of a book about the martial law period in the Philippines while describing his ordeal in detention, Manila, September 26, 2018.
April 24, 2024 News

EU Misses Opportunity on Frontex Transparency, Accountability

Border Agency Should Reveal How It Conducts Surveillance

Nearly three years ago, on July 30, 2021, a Libyan Coast Guard patrol boat intercepted a small vessel carrying around 20 people. The interception by Libyan officials happened despite the vessel being within Malta’s search-and-rescue area. Our…
The headquarters of EU border agency Frontex in Warsaw, Poland September 8, 2021.
April 24, 2024 News

Dominica High Court Decriminalizes Same-Sex Conduct

All Caribbean Nations Should Repeal Similar Criminal Laws

In a historic judgment published on April 22, the Dominica High Court decriminalized consensual same-sex relations. Dominica becomes the fourth Eastern Caribbean country to strike down discriminatory legal provisions and decriminalize gay sex,…
Dominica’s High Court of Justice in the capital Roseau,  pictured with other commercial and government buildings, January 9, 2023.
April 24, 2024 News

Indian Authorities Stop Australian Journalist from Covering Elections

Government Targets Foreign Journalists, Blocks Online Content

Australian journalist Avani Dias left India on April 19 after the government did not extend her journalist visa until moments before it was due to expire – the latest example of foreign writers, journalists, academics, and activists being denied…
प्रेस क्लब ऑफ इंडिया के बाहर मीडिया पर सरकारी तंत्र के बढ़ते प्रतिबंधों का विरोध करते पत्रकार, नई दिल्ली, भारत, 18 फरवरी, 2021
April 24, 2024 News

Japan’s Transgender Law Revisions Should Be Grounded in Autonomy

Compulsory Sterilization Removed, but Lawmakers Should Reject all Onerous Requirements

Members of Japan’s Diet are revising the law, declared unconstitutional, that allows transgender people to change their legal gender. Last October, Japan’s Supreme Court ruled the country’s sterilization surgery requirement for transgender people…
Participants at the Tokyo Trans March in Shibuya district of Tokyo, March 31, 2023.
April 24, 2024 News

EU Parliament Approves Supply Chain Law

Positive Step for Corporate Accountability; EU Council Vote Still Needed

(Brussels) – The European Parliament vote on April 24, 2024, to approve the proposed European law to require large companies to prevent and remedy human rights and environmental abuses in their global supply chains is a step forward for corporate…
European Union flags wave in the wind as pedestrians walk by EU headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023.
April 23, 2024 News

Shining a Light on North Korea’s Human Rights Crisis

The horrific rights record of North Korea under its leader, Kim Jong Un, is facing increased scrutiny. The United Nations Human Rights Council recently adopted a resolution that strengthens investigation of the totalitarian North Korean government’s…
Flag of the United Nations, February 24, 2020.
April 23, 2024 News

Statement on Assisting Conflict-Affected Communities to the First International Follow-Up Conference to the Adoption of the Political Declaration on the Use of Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas

Delivered by Bonnie Docherty, Senior Arms Adviser

Thank you, Chair. Over the past year, the bombing and shelling of cities and towns has had devastating humanitarian consequences, which highlights the urgency of implementing the Political Declaration on Explosive Weapons. The Declaration adopts a…
Civil society gather for a photo at the conclusion of the first international follow-up conference to the adoption of the Political Declaration on Strengthening the Protection of Civilians from the Use of Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas in Oslo on April 23rd, 2024. 
April 23, 2024 News

UK’s Harmful Rwanda Bill to Become Law

Government Should Abandon Cruel Scheme and Protect Asylum Seekers

It is a dark day in the United Kingdom as the Safety of Rwanda Bill will soon become law after passing its final stages in parliament yesterday. This will have a devastating impact on human rights and the rule of law, risking the lives of people who…
Protesters hold a banner on a red double decker bus
April 23, 2024 News

Can New African Union Genocide Envoy Curb Atrocities in Africa?

Adama Dieng has Mandate to ‘Combat the Ideology of Hate’

Adama Dieng has been appointed as the first African Union (AU) special envoy for the prevention of the crime of genocide and other mass atrocities. Dieng will drive the organization’s agenda to “combat the ideology of hate and genocide on the…
Adama Dieng, then-UN special adviser on the prevention of genocide, New York, June 2019.
April 23, 2024 News

The UK Again Attempts to Bend Truth on Rwanda

Government Official Touts Misinformation

In an interview on the BBC’s Today Program this week, Deputy Foreign Secretary Andrew Mitchell sang the praises of Rwanda’s “remarkable regime.” But as the debate over the government’s Safety of Rwanda bill came to a close, he left out some important…
President of Rwanda Paul Kagame and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in London, UK, May 4, 2023.

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