Category: Human Rights

(Bangkok) – Cambodia’s National Assembly passed amendments to its citizenship law on August 25, 2025, that allow the government to silence dissent by reworking Cambodian citizenship, Human Rights Watch said today. The amended citizenship law strips nationals, naturalized citizens, and dual citizens of the most basic protections of nationality if convicted by ruling Cambodia People’s Party-controlled […]

“I stand in full solidarity with the people of Afghanistan after the devastating earthquake that hit the country earlier today,” the Secretary-General said in an online message. “I extend my deepest condolences to the families of the victims and wish a speedy recovery to those injured. The @UN team in Afghanistan is mobilized and will […]

(Beirut) – The United Kingdom government should publicly pledge to incorporate strong human rights conditions before a Free Trade Agreement between the UK and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is signed, a coalition of 14 human rights organizations, including Human Rights Watch, and trade unions said in a letter to Prime Minister Keir Starmer today.  […]

At least 841 people have been put to death by the Government of Iran since the beginning of the year, with ethnic minorities and migrants “disproportionately targeted”, said OHCHR spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani. Some executions have been carried out publicly, she added, with seven reported this year based on available information: “The real situation might be […]

The Washington Post reports that the US government is requiring organizations receiving federal funding, including from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), not to “operate any program that benefits illegal immigrants” in the aftermath of disasters. But the foundational principle of human rights is that everyone, regardless of race, religion, nationality, or legal status, is entitled, […]

Four years after the Taliban takeover in August 2021, the scale and severity of the women’s rights crisis continues to intensify. Afghanistan is the only country in the world where girls are prohibited to attend secondary school. Yet, in a nationwide door-to-door survey of over 2,000 Afghans, more than nine in 10 supported girls’ right […]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has condemned the Indian government’s expulsion of Rohingya refugees to Bangladesh and Myanmar, citing a lack of legal protections and due process. In a statement released Thursday, HRW alleged that hundreds of Rohingya refugees have also been arbitrarily detained and mistreated since a nationwide removal campaign began in May. The campaign, […]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on Lebanese authorities to immediately release Hannibal Gaddafi, son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, who has been held in pre-trial detention since December 2015. Gaddafi was arrested by Lebanon’s Internal Security Forces over allegations that he withheld information about the 1978 disappearance of Lebanese cleric Moussa al-Sadr. HRW […]

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on Taliban authorities to immediately release Afghan journalist Shikib Ahmad Nazari, who has been held since July following a raid on his office in Kabul. Nazari, a reporter for Japan’s Nippon TV News, was detained by Taliban intelligence agents on July 24 without a warrant or formal […]