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Human Rights Watch

Human Rights Watch is a nonprofit, nongovernmental human rights organization made up of roughly 400 staff members around the globe. Its staff consists of human rights professionals including country experts, lawyers, journalists, and academics of diverse backgrounds and nationalities. Established in 1978, Human Rights Watch is known for its accurate fact-finding, impartial reporting, effective use of media, and targeted advocacy, often in partnership with local human rights groups.

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Israel/ Palestine
75 Years Later, Israel Blocking Palestinian Refugees’ Return

75 Years Later, Israel Blocking Palestinian Refugees’ Return

Human Rights Watch

Omar Shakir Israel and Palestine Director, Middle East and North Africa Division   @OmarSShakir From the morgues of Cairo to the cells of Guantanamo, I’ve seen a lot of anguish and cruelty in my human rights work over the years. But often more than blood spilled, it’s the lives stunted, solely because of a person’s […]

Authoritarianism
Tunisia: Move to Dismantle Country’s Largest Opposition Party

Tunisia: Move to Dismantle Country’s Largest Opposition Party

Human Rights Watch

( Human Rights Watch ) – (Tunis) – Tunisian authorities have intensified their attack on opponents of President Kais Saied’s 2021 power grab, moving to neutralize the country’s largest political party, Ennahda, Human Rights Watch said today. Since December 2022, the Tunisian government has arrested at least 17 current or former members of the party, […]

Climate Crisis
Iraq Gas Flaring Tied to Cancer Surge

Iraq Gas Flaring Tied to Cancer Surge

Human Rights Watch

Antonia Juhasz Senior Researcher, Environment and Human Rights   @AntoniaJuhasz ( Human Rights Watch) – Ali Hussein Jaloud, an Iraqi man barely in his 20s, died April 21 of leukemia, a disease Ali and his family attributed to the pollution from the oil production and constant gas flares that surround their community in the southern […]

Authoritarianism
Tunisia Doubles Down on Democratic Rollback

Tunisia Doubles Down on Democratic Rollback

Human Rights Watch

Published in: Foreign Policy Eric Goldstein Deputy Director, Middle East and North Africa Division   goldsteinricky ( Human Rights Watch ) – Some coups and power grabs start with the arrest of the leader of the political opposition. In Tunisia, it took almost two years for President Kais Saied to jail Rached Ghannouchi, the longtime […]

Houthi
Any New Yemen Truce must allow Participation of Citizens and Civil Society

Any New Yemen Truce must allow Participation of Citizens and Civil Society

Human Rights Watch

Human Rights Watch – (Beirut) – Negotiations for a new truce in Yemen by Saudi and Houthi authorities present an opportunity to incorporate accountability and monitoring mechanisms that are essential for protecting Yemenis’ fundamental rights, Human Rights watch said today. Based on news reports, negotiations are apparently making progress. To effectively address Yeminis’ human rights, […]

Houthi
Yemen Must Release Arbitrarily Detained People (HRW)

Yemen Must Release Arbitrarily Detained People (HRW)

Human Rights Watch

Human Rights Watch – (Beirut) – All parties to the conflict in Yemen should immediately release anyone arbitrarily detained and to reveal what happened to those who have been forcibly disappeared since the conflict began in late 2014, Human Rights Watch, Mwatana for Human Rights, Amnesty International, and International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) said […]

censorship
20 Years After Deadly US Attack, Free Press Still Threatened in Iraq

20 Years After Deadly US Attack, Free Press Still Threatened in Iraq

Human Rights Watch

Sarah Sanbar Iraq Researcher, Middle East and North Africa Division   @SarahSanbar ( Human Rights Watch ) – April 8 is a day that lives in infamy for media in Iraq. 20 years ago, two American missiles hit the Al Jazeera offices in Baghdad, killing a reporter and wounding a cameraman. Shortly afterwards, American forces […]

Authoritarianism
In Bad Sign for Climate Summit, Oil-Rich UAE warns Conference Attendees against Criticizing Government

In Bad Sign for Climate Summit, Oil-Rich UAE warns Conference Attendees against Criticizing Government

Human Rights Watch

Katharina Rall Senior Researcher, Environment and Human Rights   @katha_nina ( Human Rights Watch) – Speakers at a recent climate and health summit in Abu Dhabi were advised by the conference organizers not to “criticize Islam, the government, corporations or individuals” or protest while in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), according to a recent investigation […]

Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Law Enshrines Male Guardianship (HRW)

Saudi Arabia: Law Enshrines Male Guardianship (HRW)

Human Rights Watch

Human Rights Watch ) – (Beirut) – Saudi Arabia’s first codified law on personal status, issued on International Women’s Day in 2022, formally enshrines male guardianship over women, Human Rights Watch said today. The law contains discriminatory provisions against women concerning marriage, divorce, and decisions about their children. The Personal Status Law, issued on March […]

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