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May 5, 2024
Cambodia: UN Review Should Assail Loss of Freedoms
United Nations member countries should press the Cambodian government on its human rights abuses, including targeting political opponents and dissidents.
May 5, 2024
A Critical Week for Environmental Rights in Southeast Asia
Recent high temperatures underscore the need to hammer out the details of a regional environmental rights declaration, work that is underway today in Jakarta as a working group formed by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) convenes.
May 4, 2024
It Is Our Moral Calling to Stand With Wrongly Imprisoned Russian Playwright and Director
Today, May 4, marks one year since Russian theater director Yevgenia Berkovich and playwright Svetlana Petriychuk were arrested.
May 3, 2024
Arrest Warrant Issued for Former Central African Republic President
Earlier this week, the Special Criminal Court (SCC) of the Central African Republic issued an arrest warrant for former president François Bozizé.
May 3, 2024
Nigerian Military Should Provide Details of Investigation into Deadly Airstrike
The Nigerian military authorities said this week they had completed investigations into an erroneous Army airstrike in Tundun Biri Community, Kaduna state, which killed 85 people and injured dozens more in December 2023.
May 3, 2024
Attacks Target Afghanistan’s Hazaras
Since emerging in Afghanistan in 2015, the armed group Islamic State of Khorasan Province (ISKP) has carried out a bloody campaign mostly targeting Shia-Hazara mosques and schools and other facilities in predominantly Hazara neighborhoods.
May 3, 2024
France: Macron Should Stand Firm on Rights in China
French President Emmanuel Macron should lay out consequences for the Chinese government’s crimes against humanity and deepening repression during Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Paris, Human Rights Watch said today. Xi’s visit on May 6-7, 2024, will mark 60 years of diplomatic relations between France and the People’s Republic of China, and will likely focus on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, conflict in the Middle East, and trade issues.
May 3, 2024
Human Rights Watch Launches Podcast
Rights & Wrongs will take listeners behind the scenes of in-depth Human Rights Watch investigations.
May 2, 2024
Recognizing Journalists Living in Exile
Around the world, journalists who have been forced to flee their countries have continued to report on their homelands, exposing ongoing human rights violations while living in exile.