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Indonesia: End Crackdown on Protesters, Arbitrary Detention
Click to expand Image Protesters brandish brooms as a symbol of their calls for reform, and ending police brutality and lawmakers’ perks, outside the Indonesian parliament building in Jakarta, September 3, 2025. 2025 Willy Kurniawan/Reuters (Jakarta) – Indonesian authorities have detained more than 3,000 people in a nationwide crackdown during anti-government protests since late August 2025, Human Rights Watch said...
Published on: September 04, 2025 | Source:
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Burkina Faso Criminalizes Same-Sex Conduct
Click to expand Image The National Assembly of Burkina Faso in downtown Ouagadougou. 2013 Sputniktilt/Wikimedia Burkina Faso’s Transitional Legislative Assemblypassed a law on September 1, 2025, that makes consensual same-sex relations a criminal offense, a major setback for the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people. Under this new law, people found guilty of homosexuality could face two to...
Published on: September 03, 2025 | Source:Black Women’s Unemployment Signals Trouble for All
Rising unemployment rates for Black women signal a deeper issue in our economy. Funders and policymakers are critical to turning the trend around.
Published on: September 03, 2025 | Source:China’s Military Pageantry Masks Popular Discontent
Click to expand Image Chinese President Xi Jinping inspects troops ahead of a military parade to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Japan's World War II surrender held in front of Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, September 3, 2025. 2025 AP Photo/Andy Wong As the Chinese governmentcelebrated the 80th anniversary of China’s victory in World War II and the country’s military might this week, criticism of the Chinese Communist...
Published on: September 03, 2025 | Source:Tajikistan: Investigate Deaths of Five Pamiri Political Prisoners
Click to expand Image The Tajikistan flag. 2022 Maksim Konstantinov, Sipa via AP Images (Berlin, September 3, 2025) – Tajikistan authorities should promptly and impartially investigate the deaths in custody of five ethnic Pamiri activists during 2025, Human Rights Watch said today.The deaths highlight grave concerns about the Tajik authorities’ treatment of ethnic Pamiris, a historicallypersecuted cultural, religious,...
Published on: September 03, 2025 | Source:Iran: Authorities Unleash Wave of Oppression After Hostilities with Israel
Click to expand Image A member of Iran's security forces stands guard at Enqelab square in downtown Tehran, Iran, June 24, 2025. 2025 Vahid Salemi/AP Photo (Beirut) –Iranian authorities are waging a terrifying crackdown under the guise of national security in the aftermath of the June 2025 hostilities withIsrael, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said today. The deepening crisis underscores the urgent need...
Published on: September 02, 2025 | Source:Japan: Cambodian Authorities Harass Exiled Dissidents
Click to expand Image Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (R) and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet attend a news conference after a bilateral talk at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo, May 30, 2025. 2025 The Yomiuri Shimbun via AP Photo Cambodian authorities are harassing Cambodians living in Japan who are publicly critical of Cambodia’s government and also harassing their relatives in Cambodia.The Cambodian...
Published on: September 02, 2025 | Source:Australia Should Halt Plan to Deport Refugees, Migrants to Nauru
Click to expand Image Nibok refugee settlement on Nauru, September 3, 2018. 2018 Jason Oxenham/AP Photo Last week, the Australian government struck a A$400 million (US$260 million) deal with Nauru to deport 280 people to the small Pacific island nation. It is alsoproposing newlegislation to strip those facing deportation of their basic procedural rights.The government is targeting refugees and migrants whom it had...
Published on: September 02, 2025 | Source:Indonesia Authorities Should Use Restraint During Protests
Click to expand Image An Indonesian police officer fires tear gas during a demonstration in Jakarta, Indonesia, August 28, 2025. 2025 Dicky Bisinglasi / SOPA Images/ Sipa USA via AP Photo (Bangkok) – Clashes inIndonesia between protesters and security forces have killed at least seven people and injured dozens morein 42 regions across the country since August 25, 2025. The Indonesian government’s announcement of new...
Published on: September 02, 2025 | Source:Home of Prominent Zimbabwe Opposition Leader Bombed
Click to expand Image Job Sikhala, former legislator and member of the Zimbabwean opposition party Citizens Coalition for Change, climbs into a prison truck at the magistrates court in Harare, Zimbabwe, January 24, 2024. 2024 Jekesai Njikizana/AFP via Getty Images In the early hours of August 30, unidentified perpetrators bombed the home of Job Sikhala, a prominent critic of Zimbabwe’s government. Video shared on...
Published on: September 02, 2025 | Source:Cambodia: Revised Law Endangers Citizenship
Click to expand Image Front side of the National Assembly of Cambodia in Phnom Penh, May 7, 2019. Daniel Kalker/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images (Bangkok) –Cambodia’s National Assembly passed amendments to its citizenship law on August 25, 2025, that allow the government to silence dissent by reworking Cambodian citizenship, Human Rights Watch said today. The amended citizenship law strips nationals, naturalized...
Published on: September 01, 2025 | Source:Labor Day 2025: What’s Next for Unions?
Unions have had many organizing wins, but their numbers remain low, and they face new threats. Nonetheless, the building of a more powerful union movement is possible.
Published on: September 01, 2025 | Source:Zimbabwe: Rights Activists Acquitted After Year-Long Trial
Click to expand Image Police officers outside the Magistrates Court in Harare, Zimbabwe, April 6, 2021. 2021 Tafadzwa Ufumeli/Getty Images (Johannesburg) – AZimbabwe court’s acquittal of three human rights activists on disorderly conduct charges more than a year after their arrest highlights the authorities’ misuse of the criminal justice system against dissidents, Human Rights Watch said today. Zimbabwean authorities...
Published on: September 01, 2025 | Source:Mexico: Electoral Process Undermines Judicial Independence
Click to expand Image Federal court workers in Mexico City protest against a proposal that would remove and replace all judges in the country in popular elections, Monday, Aug. 26, 2024. 2024 Eduardo Verdugo/AP Photo (Washington, DC) – A constitutional change replacing half of the federal judiciary with judges elected by popular vote has undermined judicial independence inMexico, Human Rights Watch said today as the...
Published on: September 01, 2025 | Source:Colombia: Don’t Cut Ombudsperson’s Office Budget
Headquarters of the Ombudsman’s Office in Bogotá, Colombia, June 15, 2020. DefensorĂa del Pueblo 2020 (Bogotá) – Proposed budget cuts toColombia’s Ombudsperson’s Office would be a blow to the protection of human rights in the country, Human Rights Watch said today.The Ombudsperson’s Office requested a very modest budget increase for 2026, partly to keep pace with the roughly 5 percent annual inflation rate and partly...
Published on: September 01, 2025 | Source:UK: Rights Protections Needed in Gulf Trade Pact
Click to expand Image UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer meets Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, December 9, 2024. 2024 Press Association via AP Images (Beirut) – The United Kingdom government should publicly pledge to incorporate strong human rights conditions before a Free Trade Agreement between the UK and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is signed, a coalition of 14 human rights...
Published on: September 01, 2025 | Source:Belarus Intensifies Crackdown on Human Rights Lawyers
Click to expand Image A rally in support of the Belarusian independence movement in Warsaw, Poland, August 9, 2025. 2025 Jaap Arriens/Sipa USA via AP Photo Last week, Belarusian authorities declared the Belarusian Association of Human Rights Lawyers (BAHRL) an “extremist formation.” The action against the group, which works to protect the rights to a defense and a fair trial, is the latest attack on the country’s...
Published on: August 29, 2025 | Source:US Barriers to Disaster Aid Challenge Human Rights Principles
Click to expand Image Director of Divisional Emergency Response of the Salvation Army William Trueblood (L) distributes food outside the Cayce United Methodist Church in Cayce, Kentucky, US, December 15, 2021, five days after tornadoes hit the area. 2021 Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images The Washington Postreports that the US government is requiring organizations receiving federal funding, including from the Federal...
Published on: August 29, 2025 | Source:Sudan: UN Should Act to Protect Starving Civilians
Click to expand Image People who fled the Zamzam displacement camp after it fell under RSF control, line up for food rations in a makeshift encampment near the town of Tawila in Sudan's western Darfur region, April 13, 2025. 2025 AFP via Getty Images (New York) – United Nations Security Council members should urgently act to protect civilians in western parts of Sudan from unlawful attacks and starvation, Human Rights...
Published on: August 29, 2025 | Source:EU-US Trade Deal Threatens EU Corporate Accountability Law
Click to expand Image European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (L) and US President Donald Trump shake hands after reaching a trade deal in Turnberry, Scotland, July 27, 2025. 2025 Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo The European Parliament should ensure that the European Union’s flagship corporate accountability law, the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), does not become a victim of the EU-US...
Published on: August 29, 2025 | Source:US: Migrants Face Abuse in Guantánamo
Click to expand Image The first US military aircraft to carry detained migrants to a detention facility at Guantanamo Bay is boarded from an unspecified location in the US, February 4, 2025. 2025 DHS/Handout via REUTERS (Washington DC) – TheUnited States should immediately halt the transfer of immigrant detainees to the Guantánamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba, where they face abusive and inhumane detention conditions that...
Published on: August 29, 2025 | Source:Kenya: Police Harass Human Rights Watch Staff Member
Click to expand Image Otsieno Namwaya, associate Africa director at Human Rights Watch, during a media interview in July 2023. 2023 The Standard (Washington, DC) – TheKenyan police should end its apparent harassment ofOtsieno Namwaya, associate Africa director at Human Rights Watch, over his work documenting serious rights abuses in Kenya, Human Rights Watch said today.Between August 23 and 25, 2025, security...
Published on: August 29, 2025 | Source:India: Scores of Rohingya Refugees Expelled
Click to expand Image A Rohingya woman carries drinking water in Madanpur Khadar refugee camp, India, January 14, 2024. 2024 Pradeep Gaur/SOPA Images/Sipa USA via AP Photo (New York) – Indian authorities have expelled scores of ethnicRohingya refugees toBangladesh andMyanmar without rights protections since May 2025, Human Rights Watch said today. The authorities have arbitrarily detained several hundred more,...
Published on: August 29, 2025 | Source:Children around the World Speak out for Free Education
Click to expand Image A preschool teacher reads to students at Dorothy I. Height Elementary School in Baltimore, Maryland, US, October 3, 2024. 2024 Stephanie Scarbrough/AP Photo Children from across the globe have expressed support for expanding an international human rights treaty to require countries to provide free pre-primary and secondary education. More than 8,000 children from 40 countries responded to a...
Published on: August 28, 2025 | Source:Maldives: Authorities Tighten Grip on Media
Click to expand Image Maldives police detain a journalist during a protest against the Maldives Media and Broadcasting Regulation Bill outside government offices in the capital, Malé, on August 27, 2025. 2025 Anoof Junaid/Dhauru (Bangkok) – The Maldives parliament is considering a new law that could silence independent media amid an escalating crackdown on basic rights, Human Rights Watch said today. The authorities...
Published on: August 28, 2025 | Source:UN Rights Council Should Support Justice in Afghanistan
Click to expand Image Delegates attend the opening day of the 50th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, in Geneva, June 13, 2022. 2022 Keystone/Valentin Flauraud In a new joint letter, 107 organizationsreiterated their call for the United Nations Human Rights Council to act where it has longfailed and establish an independent investigative mechanism for Afghanistan to advance accountability for past and...
Published on: August 28, 2025 | Source:Lebanon: Immediately Release Gaddafi’s Son
Click to expand Image Hannibal Gaddafi, son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, in Tripoli, Libya, June 30, 2010. 2010 REUTERS/Ismail Zitouny (Beirut) – Lebanese authorities should immediately release the son of Libya’s former leader Muammar Gaddafi, Hannibal Gaddafi, whom they have wrongly imprisoned for nearly a decade, Human Rights Watch said today. The authorities should provide Gaddafi with appropriate...
Published on: August 28, 2025 | Source:Thailand Allows Myanmar Refugees in Camps to Work Legally
Click to expand Image Refugees at the Mae La refugee camp in Mae Sot, Thailand, March 5, 2025. 2025 Valeria Mongelli/Anadolu via Getty Images On August 26, Thailand’s cabinet approved measures allowing Myanmar refugees living in camps along the border to work legally. For many, it will be the first formal employment of their lives.About 108,000 refugees live in the nine camps that have sheltered people fleeing Myanmar...
Published on: August 27, 2025 | Source:Brazil One Step Away from Protecting Children Online
Click to expand Image The Brazilian Senate in Brasilia, February 1, 2021. 2021 Sergio Lima/AFP via Getty Images Today, Brazil’s Senate passeda long-awaited bill to protect children’s rights online. The bill now heads for President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s signature into law.If enacted, this legislation would impose sweeping digital safety and privacy safeguards for children. It would compel tech companies to design...
Published on: August 27, 2025 | Source:The High Cost of Dissent in India
Click to expand Image Members of the media protest a police raid on the office of a news portal and homes of journalists and writers linked to it, at the Press Club in New Delhi, India, October 4, 2023. 2023 Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters This month the Indian governmentbanned 25 books on the Himalayan region of Jammu and Kashmir, saying they “excite secessionism.”The action by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led...
Published on: August 27, 2025 | Source:Mauritania: Years of Migration Control Abuses
Click to expand Image Two men near a wooden boat known as a pirogue, traditionally used for fishing in Mauritania and West Africa, on a beach in Nouakchott, Mauritania, June 28, 2022. Pirogues have been frequently used by migrants seeking to cross the Atlantic Ocean to reach Spain’s Canary Islands. 2022 Lauren Seibert/Human Rights Watch Mauritanian security forces committed serious human rights violations between 2020...
Published on: August 27, 2025 | Source:Gaza: US Forces Can Be Liable for Assisting Israeli War Crimes
Click to expand Image U.S. President Donald Trump with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a joint news conference at the White House in Washington, DC, February 15, 2017. 2017 Reuters (Washington, DC) – US military personnel could face legal liability for assisting Israeli forces who commit war crimes in Gaza, Human Rights Watch said today.Direct participation by US forces in military operations in Gaza...
Published on: August 26, 2025 | Source:Rethinking Nonprofit Survival: Why Partnership Is the New Leadership
This article calls on nonprofit leaders and boards to treat partnerships not as crisis responses but as strategic, equity-rooted tools for advancing mission and community impact.
Published on: August 21, 2025 | Source:Despite Efforts to Shift the Blame, Israeli Policies Are Starving Children
Click to expand Image Eighteen-month-old Muhammad Zakariya Ayyoub al-Matouq faces life-threatening malnutrition as the humanitarian situation worsens due to ongoing Israeli attacks and the blockade in Gaza City, Gaza, July 21, 2025. 2025 Ahmed Jihad Ibrahim Al-arini/Anadolu via Getty Images In July, major news organizations published the image of 18-month-old Muhammad Zakariya Ayyoub al-Matouq, a Palestinian child so...
Published on: August 20, 2025 | Source:Burkina Faso Expels Senior UN Official Following Critical Report
Click to expand Image UN Regional Coordinator Carol Flore-Smereczniak. United Nations Earlier this week, Burkina Faso’s junta expelled the top United Nations representative in the country, Carol Flore-Smereczniak, declaring her“persona non grata” following a new UN report on violations against children in the country.Flore-Smereczniak is the second senior UN official to be expelled by the junta, after Barbara Manzi...
Published on: August 20, 2025 | Source: