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Morocco: Protests Met with Repression, Violence
Click to expand Image Security forces use water cannons to disperse youth protesters calling for healthcare and education reforms, in Salé, Morocco, October 1, 2025. 2025 Mosa'ab Elshamy/AP Photo (Beirut)–Moroccan authorities have cracked down on youth-led protests demanding sweeping reforms to public services, resulting in deaths and mass arrests, Human Rights Watch said today. The authorities should heed protesters’...
Published on: October 15, 2025 | Source:
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Sri Lanka: Ruinous Tax Policies Stoke Inequality
Click to expand Image State teachers and school principals hold placards during a protest demanding relief from the upcoming budget, in front of the Ministry of Education in Colombo, Sri Lanka, February 14, 2025. 2025 CHAMILA KARUNARATHNE/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock Sri Lanka’s tax policies played a driving role in the country’s devastating 2022 economic crisis and contribute to chronic underfunding of education and other...
Published on: October 15, 2025 | Source:China: No Letup in Forced Returns to North Korea
Click to expand Image Chinese paramilitary police at the Beijing airport prepare for the departure of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on June 20, 2018. 2018 Greg Backer/AFP via Getty Images (Seoul) – Chinese authorities since 2024 have forcibly returned at least 406 people toNorth Korea, where they are at grave risk of persecution and ill-treatment, Human Rights Watch said today.The Chinese government’s forced return...
Published on: October 15, 2025 | Source:Feminist Foreign Policy During a Global Backlash
Click to expand Image Thousands of people take to the streets of Barcelona, Spain, in a massive demonstration for International Women's Day, March 8, 2025. 2025 Albert Llop/NurPhoto via Getty Images When governments convene this week in Paris for a conference on feminist foreign policy, there will be a lot to talk about. The French government’s description of the event laments that progress toward gender equality “is...
Published on: October 20, 2025 | Source:Japan Should Defend the International Criminal Court
Click to expand Image Japanese Diet member Yasue Funayama speaks at a nongovernmental organization event to advocate for Japan to step up its efforts to defend the International Criminal Court, Tokyo, October 9, 2025. 2025 Haruka Miyata/Human Rights Watch On October 9, Human Rights Watch with Tokyo-basedHuman Rights Now andPeace Boat held anevent at the Japanese Diet to press the Japanese government to step up its...
Published on: October 17, 2025 | Source:UN Meeting Seeks to Embed Human Rights in New Economic Indicators
Click to expand Image The artwork "Non Violence" by artist Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd before the start of the United Nations Future Summit in New York, September 21, 2024. 2024 Michael Kappeler/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Photo A country’s gross domestic product (GDP), which measures total economic output, is central to how governments assess their economies. But this figure, when looked at in isolation, which is most often...
Published on: October 14, 2025 | Source:Ceasefire or Not, EU Should Keep Pressure on Israel to End Abuses
Click to expand Image Israeli soldiers look on as Palestinian men and women carry their belongings on May 2, 2025 amid ongoing Israeli military operations and demolition of homes in Tulkarem refugee camp. Israeli forces had emptied the refugee camp of its inhabitants weeks prior. 2025 Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP via Getty Images As European Union leaders and foreign ministers prepare for meetings to discuss the situation in...
Published on: October 17, 2025 | Source:EU Launches New LGBTIQ+ Strategy
Click to expand Image Flags of the Europe waving in front of the Le Berlaymont building, headquarters of the European Commission, in Brussels, Belgium in April 2024. 2024 Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via AP Photo This month, the European Commission released itsLGBTIQ+ Equality Strategy 2026–2030, a renewed and ambitious step in the European Union’s commitment to equality, inclusion, and human rights. Building on the2020–...
Published on: October 20, 2025 | Source:Iran: Three Prisoners Dead after Denied Medical Care
Click to expand Image Exterior view of Evin prison. Wikipedia (Beirut) – Three women died in Qarchak prison, aTehran women’s prison notorious for abysmal conditions, between September 16 and 25, 2025, following a lack of medical care, Human Rights Watch said today.The deaths in custody of Soudabeh Asadi, Jamile Azizi, and 42-year-old political prisoner Somayeh Rashidi highlight Iranian authorities’ violation of...
Published on: October 20, 2025 | Source:Saudi Arabia: Spate of Executions of Child Offenders
(Beirut) – Saudi authorities on October 20, 2025, executed a man convicted of alleged crimes committed as a child, Human Rights Watch said today. Abdullah al-Derazi had been sentenced to death on terrorism charges related to participating in protests and funeral processions. He was the 300th person executed by Saudi authorities in 2025.The authorities have been carrying out executions at anunprecedented rate in 2025...
Published on: October 20, 2025 | Source: