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Human Rights Watch defends the rights of people in 100 countries worldwide, spotlighting abuses and bringing perpetrators to justice
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https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/06/17/saudi-arabia-prisoner-70-dies-after-medical-neglect
Saudi Arabia should end the mistreatment of older prisoners and ensure their access to adequate medical care, SANAD Organization for Human Rights and Human...
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https://www.hrw.org/news/2026/01/23/cambodia-finalizes-process-to-arbitrarily-strip-citizenship
The Cambodian government has issued formal instructions that will allow it to arbitrarily strip Cambodians of citizenship without any judicial review or appeal.
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https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/03/19/pakistan-forced-returns-expose-afghans-persecution-destitution
Pakistani authorities have intensified abusive tactics and other pressure on Afghan refugees to return to Afghanistan, where they risk persecution by the...
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https://www.hrw.org/news/2016/01/27/balkans-rights-key-european-future
Hundreds of thousands of asylum seekers and migrants faced substantial difficulties during 2015, as they followed a key transit route in the Western Balkans,...
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https://www.hrw.org/news/2015/12/15/dispatches-climate-pact-recognizes-rights-now-work-begins
When governments from 195 countries adopted a new global agreement on climate change last Saturday, the South African government was the first one to...
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https://whyy.org/articles/watch-live-50th-anniversary-commemoration-of-martin-luther-king-jr-at-the-national-civil-rights-museum-in-memphis/
Watch live: 50th Anniversary Commemoration Martin Luther King, Jr. at the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis
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https://www.democracynow.org/1999/2/24/nigeria_human_rights_watch
In a new report released this week, Human Rights Watch is charging that oil companies operating in the Niger Delta are directly benefiting from human rights...
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https://www.voanews.com/a/a-13-2008-06-04-voa60-66662827/557666.html
Human Rights Watch said Harare's ban on nongovernmental food distribution will leave hundreds of thousands of rural residents without b
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https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/12/03/thousands-people-disabilities-croatia-trapped-institutions
On December 3, the world celebrates the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. But for many people with disabilities in Croatia, it will be just one...
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https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/05/23/victory-fight-against-toxic-pollution
The fight against global toxic pollution has reached a critical milestone: the 50th country has ratified the United Nations Minamata Convention on Mercury,...
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https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/10/05/uzbekistan-some-workers-excused-cotton-fields?
The Uzbek government has recalled university students and some health and education workers from forced labor in the cotton fields, the Cotton Campaign said...
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https://www.evangelisch.de/inhalte/147044/17-11-2017/human-rights-watch-beklagt-wachsenden-antisemitismus-deutschland
Human Rights Watch fordere von der Politik, Lehrer in dieser Hinsicht besser auszubilden und Hilfestellungen zu bieten, sagte Michalski. "Mit dem Erstarken der...
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https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/05/31/lithuania/romania-ruling-highlights-cia-torture-complicity
The European Court of Human Rights on May 31, 2018 issued two key judgments that underscore the ongoing impunity for European complicity with US Central...
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https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/10/29/violent-pushbacks-croatia-border-require-eu-action
Recent reports by humanitarian groups and the media paint a gruesome picture of abuse on Croatia’s border with Bosnia-Herzegovina.
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https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/11/13/italy-shares-responsibility-libya-abuses-against-migrants
On 11 November 2019, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch submitted a joint third-party intervention to the European Court of Human Rights in a case...
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https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/07/17/celebrating-international-criminal-justice-day
July 17 marks International Criminal Justice Day, commemorating the anniversary of the adoption of the Rome Statute, the founding treaty of the International...
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https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/04/05/russia-wake-concert-attack-central-asians-risk
Migrants from Central Asia and other people of non-Slavic appearance are facing a notable increase in ethnic harassment and attacks in Russia in the wake of...
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https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/10/15/afghanistan-rights-setbacks-people-disabilities
Afghanistan started celebrating White Cane Safety Day in 2011, a day marked around the world to advocate for the rights of people with vision impairments. But...
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https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/01/05/dr-congo-voter-suppression-violence
Widespread irregularities, voter suppression, and violence significantly marred elections on December 30, 2018 in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Election...
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https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/12/06/car-industry-linked-forced-labor-xinjiang
A new report links the world’s biggest car companies to Chinese government forced labor in the northwest Xinjiang region.
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https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/12/11/humanitarians-baseless-trial-in-greece
Two dozen humanitarian workers facing 20 years in prison finally got their day in court on December 4 and 5 on the Greek island of Lesbos after a seven-year...
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https://blacknewsandviews.com/watch-political-well-knowns-join-national-urban-league-in-opening-new-national-headquarters-in-harlem/
Nov 14, 2025 - NEW YORK — With heavily Democratic New York City now the poster child for all that President Trump hates, officials came together Wednesday to show their...
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https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/11/24/spains-new-government-should-prioritize-tackling-poverty
Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has been sworn back in and appointed a new Cabinet. While the country faces many human rights challenges, one issue...
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https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/09/19/protection-of-athletes-advances-in-japan
The Japan Association of Athletics Federations (JAAF) issued a Human Rights Policy and an Integrity Code of Conduct on August 26, 2025, ahead of the 2025 World...
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https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/11/23/myanmar-release-students-jailed-peaceful-protest
The Myanmar authorities should immediately end criminal proceedings and release students and other activists charged for participating in recent peaceful...
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https://www.hrw.org/de/news/2023/12/21/meta-systematische-zensur-von-pro-palaestinensischen-inhalten
Im Zuge der israelisch-palästinensischen Kampfhandlungen haben Metas Richtlinien und Systeme zur Inhaltsmoderation Stimmen, die Palästina auf Instagram und...
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https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/11/26/azerbaijan-escalates-crackdown-on-exiled-critics
Azerbaijani authorities are escalating their campaign against independent and critical voices abroad, issuing arrest warrants and summonses for exiled...
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https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/06/15/italy-students-disabilities-included-covid-19-education-plans
The measures some schools in Italy took to ensure access to quality education for students with disabilities during Covid-19-related school closures should...
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https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/09/23/world-leaders-should-stand-haiti
World leaders gathering in New York this week for the United Nations General Assembly have an opportunity to give Haiti the attention it deserves through...
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https://www.hrw.org/zh-hans/news/2025/10/16/sweden-china-relations-should-focus-on-rights
瑞典外交部长斯特纳加德（Maria Malmer...
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https://www.hrw.org/feature/2025/06/03/listen-run-hide/how-russia-uses-quadcopter-drones-hunt-kill-kherson
Since the summer of 2024, Russian forces have increasingly armed quadcopter drones and used them to chase, injure, and kill residents living in the southern...
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https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/11/03/netherlands-joins-repatriations-northeast-syria
This week, the Netherlands took the significant step of repatriating 12 Dutch women and their 28 children from northeast Syria, where they had been unlawfully...
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https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/11/17/protect-civilians-from-explosive-weapons
In "Strengthening Civilian Protection," Human Rights Watch and IHRC lay out seven guiding principles to effectively carry ou the commitments of the...
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https://www.hrw.org/de/news/2025/07/02/ohne-wasser-sind-wir-nichts
María, eine 41-jährige Indigene Maya-Frau aus Guatemala, lebt ohne Zugang zu fließendem Wasser. Wie María müssen Millionen von Menschen in Guatemala...
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