Category: Human Rights

(London) – The Indian government has not restored freedom of speech and association to Jammu and Kashmir five years after revoking the region’s special autonomous status on August 5, 2019, Human Rights Watch said today. The Indian security forces continue to carry out repressive policies including arbitrary detention, extrajudicial killings, and other serious abuses. Indian authorities seek to […]

On Wednesday, a court in Conakry found former President Moussa Dadis Camara and several other military leaders guilty of crimes against humanity. Four other men were acquitted. Those convicted were also ordered to provide reparations to the victims and their families. Right to justice “After nearly 15 years, the victims, survivors and their families have […]

(Brussels, August 1, 2024) – The European Commission’s 2024 Rule of Law Report, published on July 24, 2024, misleads readers about the state of the rule of law in Greece at a time when media freedom and civic space face dire threats and attacks, 14 human rights and media freedom organizations said today. The overly positive account in the […]

Returnees have headed for several locations in the city, including central and eastern neighbourhoods as well as the adjacent area of Bani Suhaila.  Medical evacuations  Separately, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported that 85 sick and severely injured patients from Gaza were evacuated to Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday.  The patients, […]

(Sydney) – Australia should press the Vietnamese government on human rights by seeking clear, concrete, and measurable benchmarks for progress in upcoming meetings, Human Rights Watch said in a recent submission to the Australian government. The 19th Australia-Vietnam Human Rights Dialogue will take place on July 30, 2024, in Canberra. Vietnam’s abysmal human rights situation continues to deteriorate as […]

(New York) – Sri Lankan authorities are conducting a campaign to deny Hindus and other religious minorities access to places of worship and other property and redesignate locations as Buddhist sites, Human Rights Watch said today. Government agencies, including the Department of Archaeology, the military, and police, have taken part in a concerted strategy assailing the culture […]

Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan have committed widespread acts of sexual violence in areas of Khartoum over which they exercise control, acts that constitute war crimes and crimes against humanity. Both the RSF and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) have attacked healthcare workers, local responders, and healthcare facilities, which are war crimes. The African […]

Earlier this month, people being detained at California Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities began a labor and hunger strike to protest their conditions, including against the use of solitary confinement. Recent research documented the deep physical and psychological toll wrought by the use of solitary confinement in United States immigration detention centers. Across the US, carceral facilities lock […]

(Johannesburg) – Zimbabwe’s authorities should immediately take measures to end the prolonged pretrial detention of over 70 opposition activists, most of them young people, who have been held since June 16, 2024. That day, police raided the home of an opposition leader in a suburb of Harare, the capital, and arrested people commemorating the Day of the African […]

(New York) – Pakistani authorities should exercise restraint in responding to demonstrations in Balochistan province, release all detained for peaceful protest, and restore internet access, Human Rights Watch said today. Since July 28, 2024, Pakistani authorities have detained hundreds of people in response to the Baloch National Gathering, a march seeking to raise awareness of human rights […]