Category: Human Rights

(Johannesburg) – Zambia should provide accountability for its failure to clean up a contaminated mine site that is responsible for the ongoing lead poisoning of children, Human Rights Watch said today in supporting a request for African Union action to require the government and others involved to clean up the site. The Institute for Human […]

A decade into President Xi Jinping’s “Sinicization” of religion campaign, Catholic communities across China face tightened ideological control, strict surveillance, and travel restrictions.  The 2018 Holy See-China agreement on bishops has helped the Chinese government to pressure underground Catholic communities to join the official church. The Holy See and other governments should press Beijing to […]

Today, as Sudanese citizens continue to suffer the world’s most severe humanitarian emergency, the European Union, together with Germany, France, the United Kingdom, the United States and the African Union, co-hosted the 3th International Sudan Conference in Berlin.  As the Sudan war enters its 4th year, the conference aims to mobilise global action in support of Sudan at […]

(Nairobi) – Congolese armed forces and armed groups in the South Kivu highlands are interfering with aid delivery and preventing civilians from fleeing fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Human Rights Watch said today. The United Nations Security Council, which will meet on Congo on April 15, 2026, should call on all warring parties […]

Every day, food-delivery workers cross Paris and Bordeaux in all weather, working long hours for pay well below France’s minimum wage. For most, this work provides their only source of income. A new survey of around 1,000 workers in France who deliver food for companies such as Uber Eats and Deliveroo describes the consequences of […]

Speaking on Tuesday at the fifth session of the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent, he lauded the advances in racial justice and equality that have been made over the past decades.  These include the adoption of anti-discrimination laws, the creation of independent human rights and equality institutions and steps towards reparations.  However, the picture […]

(London, April 15, 2026) – The Singaporean government should immediately halt the execution of Omar bin Yacob Bamadhaj, scheduled for April 16, 2026, for trafficking cannabis, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, Capital Punishment Justice Project (CPJP), and Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network (ADPAN) said today. Singaporean authorities arrested Omar, a Singaporean national, now 41, on July 12, 2018, […]

While the determination of Syrians to rebuild their country following the overthrow of the Assad regime in December 2024 has been widely recognised, experts caution that sustained international engagement is essential to keep the transition on track amid ongoing humanitarian challenges. A UN Team of Experts on the Rule of Law and Sexual Violence in Conflict […]

Since war broke out in Sudan in April 2023, nearly 600,000 Sudanese refugees have arrived at the camp, some after gruelling journeys through several countries. They came with few belongings and many memories, trying to piece together lives that have been turned upside down. Nearly 600,000 Sudanese refugees have arrived at the Kryandungo camp, some […]

(Berlin) – Leaders meeting in Berlin on April 15, 2026, the three-year mark of ongoing conflict in Sudan, should commit to concrete, time-bound measures to protect civilians and to hold those responsible for serious international crimes to account, Human Rights Watch said today. Germany, the African Union, France, the European Union, the United Kingdom, and the […]