Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from HRW

Rights group says Lebanon electricity crisis deepens poverty

Human Rights Watch says many middle and working class families in Lebanon have been forced to spend most of their monthly income to pay shady neighborhood businessmen running private generators

The Independent UK · Mar 9, 2023

Marching for justice – the activists fighting for racial equality in Scotland

ON March 18, thousands of anti-racists will assemble in George Square in Glasgow for the Resist Racism Scotland Demonstration

The National (Scotland) · Mar 5, 2023

Sub-Saharan Africans recount Tunisia ‘hell’ amid crackdown

Racial tensions are spinning out of control as many sub-Saharan Africans prepare to leave the country.

Al Jazeera · Mar 3, 2023

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Rights group, UN experts express concern over Bahrain arrests

HRW says Manama still committing widespread rights violations as it seeks to ‘display image of reform and tolerance’.

Al Jazeera · Feb 28, 2023

HRW calls on Tunisia’s president to halt crackdown on judiciary

Human Rights Watch says Kais Saied’s government has taken away the independence of the judiciary.

Al Jazeera · Feb 28, 2023

Rights group: Mideast governments target LGBTQ people online

A rights group says in a new report that security agencies and government officials across several countries in the Middle East and North Africa have been using social media platforms and mobile dating apps to crack down on LGBTQ people

The Independent UK · Feb 21, 2023

Russia targeted civilian evacuations with banned cluster munitions, HRW report finds

Satellite images and field visits ‘clearly’ contradict Russia’s argument for saying it wasn’t behind the attack on Kramatorsk station which killed 58 civilians, researchers say

The Independent UK · Feb 21, 2023

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Fifa considers rare Cas appeal over lifting of Yves Jean-Bart’s lifetime ban

Fifa is considering an appeal after the former president of the Haitian Football Federation had his lifetime ban lifted by the court of arbitration for sport

The Guardian - UK · Feb 16, 2023

Report: Women face "brutal violence"

A first-of-its-kind report looks "beyond the criminalization of same-sex conduct"

Salon · Feb 15, 2023

UK actions over Chagos Islands ‘crimes against humanity’, says rights group

Chagossians have spent decades fighting to return to the islands after being forced to leave in the 1960s and 1970s to make way for a military base.

The Independent UK · Feb 15, 2023

Chagos islanders must get full reparations for forced exile, says NGO

Human Rights Watch also demands trial for ‘appalling colonial crime’ of expulsion – and continuing ill treatment – of Chagossians

The Guardian - UK · Feb 15, 2023

Jean-Bart’s lifetime Fifa ban lifted amid claims of threats to alleged victims

Human Rights Watch has questioned the court of arbitration for sport’s decision to overturn Fifa’s ban on Yves Jean-Bart, a former president of the Haitian FA

The Guardian - UK · Feb 14, 2023

UK accused of ‘dangerous whitewash’ over Bahrain human rights abuses

Humanitarian groups urge foreign secretary to issue correction to a recent report, amid fears it could provide cover for repression in the Gulf state

The Guardian - UK · Feb 10, 2023

‘They used our hijabs to gag us’: Iran protesters tell of rapes, beatings and torture by police

As human rights organisations report an escalation in the brutal treatment of detainees, we speak to some of those who claim to have suffered at the hands of state security forces

The Guardian - UK · Feb 6, 2023

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Al Jazeera · Feb 2, 2023

Italy ‘complicit’ in crimes for renewing pact with Libya: NGOs

The Memorandum of Understanding on Migration has been renewed despite mounting evidence of crimes against humanity.

Al Jazeera · Jan 31, 2023

Torture leaves Bahrain inmates with long-lasting ‘wounds’: Report

ADHRB says ‘invisible wounds’ are preventing political prisoners from resuming a normal life after arrest.

Al Jazeera · Jan 31, 2023

HRW urges Ukraine to probe its military’s use of banned mines

HRW says Ukrainian forces ‘extensively’ scattered antipersonnel mines in Izyum, causing civilian casualties.

The Guardian - UK · Jan 31, 2023

‘Suspicious death’ of Rwandan journalist prompts calls for investigation

Two weeks on from the death of government critic John Williams Ntwali, police have failed to answer questions over the alleged road accident in which they say he was killed

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Reuters · Jan 27, 2023

Hundreds of children packed in El Salvador's overcrowded prisons -rights group

Human Rights Watch (HRW) accused Salvadoran authorities on Friday of "mass due process violations" in the detention of tens of thousands of people, including hundreds of children, in over-crowded prisons, citing leaked government data.

Al Jazeera · Jan 25, 2023

Why Modi doesn’t want India to watch BBC film on Gujarat carnage

India has used emergency powers to block airing of the documentary that questions the India PM’s role in the 2002 riots.

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 24, 2023

HRW: New Israeli Guidelines Risk Turning West Bank into Another Gaza

Human Rights Watch warned on Monday that Israeli guidelines for foreigners entering the West Bank risked turning the occupied territories into another Gaza, cutting residents off from the outside world. The regulations have faced waves of condemnation from the European Union and United States. Israel said the rules, which came…

ABC News · Jan 21, 2023

Afghanistan women's cricketers resettled in Australia feeling unsupported by international cricket bosses

Most of the women who should be playing cricket for Afghanistan have resettled in Australia since the Taliban took over the country, but they are disappointed by a lack of support from the International Cricket Council.

Al Jazeera · Jan 19, 2023

Harvard reverses course, will offer former HRW chief a fellowship

Kenneth Roth, ex-head of Human Rights Watch, welcomes move but says problems and penalties remain for critics of Israel.

The Guardian - US · Jan 19, 2023

Harvard reverses decision on role for Israel critic after outcry

Kennedy School dean initially refused ex-Human Rights Watch head Kenneth Roth a fellowship over criticisms of Israel

The Guardian - UK · Jan 18, 2023

Sea ‘a graveyard’ as number of Rohingya fleeing Bangladesh by boat soars

UN figures show number of those attempting to escape horrendous conditions in refugee camps increased from 700 in 2021 to over 3,500 in 2022

1 … 15 16 17 18

Coverage From

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Amnesty International

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.