The Latest Breaking News from Human Rights Watch

One month after killing of Shireen Abu Akleh, Washington has yet to condemn Israel or back third-party investigation.

Human Rights Watch says that Taliban security forces in northern Afghanistan have unlawfully detained and tortured residents accused of association with an opposition armed group

Schools’ use of educational technologies (edtech) grew exponentially at the height of COVID lockdowns. A recent Human Rights Watch (HRW) report has exposed children’s rights violations by providers of edtech endorsed by governments in Australia and overseas.

Bangladeshi and global rights defenders slam the government’s move to deregister top NGO Odhikar.

If death sentences against the two political opponents of the coup are carried out they will be the first since 1988.

Human Rights Watch says 59 ethnic Rohingya left on a Thai island after a dangerous boat journey from Bangladesh should be given the opportunity to determine if they are refugees

An investigation into E-learning during lockdowns has revealed that ACT students where put at risk.

Violence in the North Kivu province resumed on May 22, forcing tens of thousands of people to flee their homes.

The Wagner Group, a private Russian military security contractor, has used banned landmines and booby traps near Tripoli, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Tuesday. “New information from Libyan agencies and demining groups links the Wagner Group to the use of banned landmines and booby traps in Libya in 2019-2020,”…

Lama Fakih, Middle East and North Africa director at Human Rights Watch, said the Wagner Group added to the “deadly legacy” of mines and booby traps scattered across Tripoli’s suburbs

Human Rights Watch has called for the International Criminal Court to investigate allegations of the use of landmines in 2019 by Russian paramilitaries fighting in Libya