This report was written by Bronwen Manby, senior researcher in the Africa Division of Human Rights Watch, and the sections on discrimination against women and sexual violence by Rumbi Mabuwa, ...
Azerbaijani authorities have intensified their long-running crackdown on the opposition Azerbaijan Popular Front Party, ...
We, the undersigned, strongly condemn the violent attacks on December 18, 2025 on the offices of Prothom Alo and The Daily ...
Kazakhstan’s Senate adopted two rights-violating laws on December 18, both of them threatening freedom of expression.
Discussions are advancing at the United Nations on a new global treaty to guarantee every child’s right to a free education.
A new executive order seeking to designate “illicit fentanyl” a “weapon of mass destruction” could open the door to a ...
Throughout the year, HRW covered many human rights topics and crises around the world. From major developments in ...
What did you learn from Human Rights Watch’s videos this year? Whether you watched HRW advocates address the European ...
The International Automobile Federation (Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile, or FIA), the international body governing motor sports, including Formula1, held its annual General Assemblies last ...
Panama, Costa Rica, El Salvador; Eswatini, Rwanda, Ghana, South Sudan Since the start of his second term, United States president Donald Trump has cracked down on irregular migration, unlawfully ...
For over two decades, Costa Rica has banned oil and gas exploration and production. That ban runs until 2050, but it rests on a fragile legal foundation - a presidential moratorium. Any President can ...
United States federal immigration enforcement agents now commonly operate masked and without visible identification, ...