Human Rights Watch
French police are using discriminatory fines as a racial profiling tool, trapping Black and Arab youth in debt. Read the report on our website at www.hrw.org
HRW's Executive Director Philippe Bolopion is in Kyiv this week, meeting with Ukrainian officials, civil society representatives, diplomats, and international partners.
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Cameroon's government has made a decade-old commitment to substantially reduce violence against women and girls, recently saying it will reduce it in half by 2026. Has it kept its promise?
On June 19, the government announced a new National Action Plan on Persons with Albinism (2026–2030), marking an important shift toward addressing another persistent challenge: economic exclusion.
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The Court of Appeal in London has overruled the High Court and upheld the government's decision to ban Palestine Action as a terrorist group.
Defining a protest group as terrorists has created an...
June 5 marks World Environment Day, and this year's occasion arrives as armed conflicts persist around the globe.
The environmental impact of war can be immense, and major attacks on oil and gas f...
It's been 37 years since the June 1989 Tiananmen Massacre, when countless peaceful pro-democracy protesters were killed in Beijing.
To this day, the Chinese government has failed to accept responsi...
HRW urged Congolese officials to respect freedom of expression during a recent visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo
Colombian private military contractors, apparently hired by a United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based company, transited through UAE military bases before being deployed to Sudan to support the abusive Ra...
Israeli authorities' violations of international humanitarian and human rights law have continued and are enabled and fueled by impunity. An impunity granted also by Europe's inaction.
In late 2024, the international football association (FIFA) announced that Saudi Arabia would host the 2034 World Cup. This means the world’s largest sporting event will be taking place in a coun...
This video shared by Israel's National Security Minister Ben-Gvir shows Israeli security forces humiliating detained international activists.
"They cannot safely flee. They cannot safely stay, and they cannot safely speak."
At a hearing on "Civilian Harm under Military Rule in the Central Sahel," HRW's
Carine Kaneza Nantulya speaks abo...
It's estimated that “gig” or “platform” work grew by 90 percent between 2016 and 2020. Yet labor protections for those workers have not kept up.
In a new report, HRW documents the experiences of p...
Registration fees and other costs to attend public schools in Liberia are a major barrier to education, forcing many children to delay enrollment, miss school, or drop out altogether, Human Rights ...
The M23 armed group and Rwandan military forces carried out an abusive month-long occupation of the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo city of Uvira beginning in December 2025, Human Right Watch ...
Commercial spyware and other types of surveillance technology poses a significant threat to human rights worldwide. Police and intelligence services in many countries use such technology to target ...
Since March 18, 2026, Iranian authorities have executed at least 28 people on politically motivated charges. Learn more:
Now that Maung has learned about the history of the Rohingya community, he begins working towards an escape route. He hopes to leave the refugee camp and get an education so that he can advocate fo...
Atef Najib facing charges related to "crimes against the Syrian people." Perpetrators should be held accountable, but accountability only lasts if the process itself is solid. HRW's Hiba Zayadin is...