The Latest Breaking News from HRW

Long-time readers will recall that I am a vociferous critic of Human Rights Watch. HRW purports to be a neutral human rights organization, but consistently hires staffers with a history of anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian activism to write and report on the Israel-Palestinian conflict. So how did HRW do after the Oct.…

Report highlights evidence of workers from Africa and Asia labouring in 42C heat in Dubai to build conference facilities

Human Rights Watch report detailing alleged abuses at home and abroad raises questions over UK government’s asylum plan

Four environmental groups have filed a law suit against the French group TotalEnergies and its EACOP oil project in Tanzania and Uganda. They maintain that it threatens the region's fragile ecosystem and the people who live there.

Rights groups condemn sentence against prominent campaigner on issues of climate change and environmental degradation.

The US has failed to redress Iraqis who suffered from systemic torture and abuse in its prisons during the invasion.

Statement comes amid concern about allegations Saudi forces have killed hundreds of migrants

Minister says women visiting the lakes of Band-e-Amir have not been wearing their hijabs properly

Ethiopia will launch a joint investigation with Saudi Arabia into a Human Rights Watch report accusing the kingdom's border guards of killing hundreds of Ethiopian migrants, the foreign ministry said Tuesday.