Category: Human Rights

(Manila) – A proposed Philippine law to combat “false information” and so-called troll farms has vague and overly broad language that government officials could readily abuse, Human Rights Watch said today. Philippine lawmakers considering the Digital Media Anti-False Information Act, which passed a second reading in the House of Representatives on May 26, 2026, should […]

With wildfire risks rising across Europe, the European Commission is helping finance and coordinate the deployment of a record number of firefighters, aircraft and emergency experts under the Civil Protection Mechanism 777 firefighters from 14 European countries will be strategically pre-positioned in high-risk areas across Cyprus, Greece, Italy, France, Spain, and Portugal. This is the […]

(Beirut) – Bahraini authorities have excluded migrant workers from an emergency wage support program during the Iran conflict, Human Rights Watch said today. Migrant workers, three-quarters of the private work force, are excluded even though they have contributed to the emergency fund for years. Many are now in dire situations due to job losses and unpaid or […]

(Beirut) – People with disabilities in Egypt face systemic barriers to their right to work amid poor implementation of a 2018 disability rights law, Human Rights Watch said today. They face discriminatory hiring practices, inaccessible workplaces, barriers to obtaining a national disability card, ineffective job quotas, and underpaid sham roles that deny them work and […]

It comes as the agency that supports Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, reported a surge in military activity in recent weeks across the Strip, that’s caused increasing casualties and displacement.  “By God, we are very afraid and we keep sheltering inside the house,” said Ahmed Talal, who lives in the al-Shaaf area of al-Zeitoun, just 100 metres […]

The issue is under scrutiny as delegates gather at UN Headquarters this week to tackle the global spread of illicit firearms – weapons that continue to fuel violence in communities long after wars end. At the centre of discussions are emerging technologies that experts warn could make these illegal weapons easier to manufacture and harder […]

The Trump administration’s decision to establish a US$1.776 billion “Anti-Weaponization Fund” to compensate participants of the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol Building in Washington, DC, has triggered widespread public outrage. Many people, including Black reparations movement leaders and advocates, have pointed out a jarring double standard: as the administration moves quickly to provide financial redress […]

(New York) – The Chinese government is intensifying efforts to erase the memory of the 1989 Tiananmen Massacre while strengthening social control throughout the country, Human Rights Watch said today.  The Tiananmen Massacre was precipitated by the peaceful gathering in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square and other Chinese cities in April 1989 of students, workers, and others calling […]

A month has passed since the May 2 abduction of prominent Malian lawyer and government critic Mountaga Tall. His whereabouts remain unknown, raising fears that he was forcibly disappeared. Unidentified gunmen stormed Tall’s home in the capital, Bamako, and dragged him away in an unmarked vehicle, according to his family. His wife was assaulted while trying […]

The information was provided by its monitors in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) who condemned the increase in Israeli attacks as families prepared to observe Eid al-Adha.  They said 12 Palestinians were killed in three airstrikes on 26 May, while a teenage girl died of injuries sustained in a strike the previous day that also killed a woman and a young girl, initial […]