Category: Human Rights

 (Brussels) – The European Union and most of its member states espoused a commitment to human rights and democratic values in 2022, and in some instances, lived up to those values, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2023. But the EU and member states often fell short of translating this commitment into […]

Calling out the hypocrisy of western nations, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday slammed the west for preaching human rights to India. Hitting out at the western nations, Shah said that those who talk about human rights should visit the Cellular Jail of Andaman to understand what inhuman treatment looks like. Talking about the […]

(Berlin, January 12, 2023) – Authorities in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan used unjustified lethal force to respond to protests in 2022 and have utterly failed to ensure accountability for a multitude of human rights violations, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2023. Hundreds of protesters were killed or suffered serious injuries in […]

New Delhi, January 12 The latest annual report of Human Rights Watch (HRW) has raised hackles in South Block here after asking the West to be circumspect in shifting supply chains from China to India because PM Narendra Modi has “mimicked’’ many of the same abuses that have enabled Chinese state repression. While criticising the […]

(Berlin) – Judicial officials in Germany and other countries should redouble their efforts to make justice accessible to victims and survivors of serious crimes, Human Rights Watch said today. January 13, 2023 is the one-year anniversary of a landmark verdict by a German court in Koblenz in the world’s first criminal case on Syrian state-sponsored […]

Human Rights Watch says while growing authoritarianism is causing huge suffering, 2022 also presented new opportunities to strengthen protections against violations. Authoritarianism across the world is leading to a “sea of human suffering”, Human Rights Watch has said in its annual world report (PDF) on human rights in more than 100 countries and territories. But […]

(Berlin, January 12, 2023) – The Kremlin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine marked the start of a new, all-out drive to eradicate public dissent in Russia, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2023. Russian authorities adopted a broad range of new laws introducing war censorship. These laws provided for long prison sentences for […]

The iconic activist was speaking in an interview during the state official funeral of Solo Sandeng, held yesterday at the capital city of Banjul six years after his arrest, detention and murder by officials of the defunct National Intelligence Agency (NIA), now State Intelligence Service (SIS). Solo was granted state burial after the conclusion of […]

(Kyiv, January 12, 2023) – Russia’s war in Ukraine has wrought a devastating toll on civilians and shattered civilian life in much of the country, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2023. Russian forces have committed apparent war crimes and crimes against humanity, including torture, summary executions, and enforced disappearances. They have […]

The key issues for Australia, says the report, are rising numbers of deaths in custody, conditions in prisons and detention centres, and the government’s inaction on climate change. President Trump on Monday threatened to deploy federal troops if state and city leaders do not act to quell acts of violence Source: AAP The report also […]