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.

Saudi Arabia

Yemen: Saudi Forces Torture, ‘Disappear’ Yemenis

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At Least 5 Detainees from al-Mahrah Illegally Transferred to Saudi Arabia

Children

The Children of Syria: Millions of Young Lives Blighted by a Decade-Long War

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By Philippa H Stewart (Senior Media Officer) and Bill Van Esveld (Associate Director, MENA, Children’s Rights Division) | – ( Human Rights Watch) – The war in Syria has been taking its toll on children for nine years – their lives forever marked by the conflict. Hundreds of thousands of children are now fighting to […]

Epidemics

Rapid Spread of Virus Further Tests Iranians’ Faith in Government

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Successful Measures to Contain Coronavirus Require Public Trust

censorship

Iran: No Justice for Bloody Crackdown (HRW)

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Unlawful Lethal Force, Families Threatened, Cover-Ups

Israel/ Palestine

UN’s List of Companies contributing to Illegal Israeli Settlements on Palestine aids Accountability (HRW)

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List Reaffirms Global Rejection of Illegal Settlement Enterprise

Displaced and Refugees

World Court Rules against Buddhist Burma on Ethnic Cleansing of Rohingya Muslims

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International Court of Justice Unanimously Orders Measures to Prevent Genocide

Houthi

Saudi-Led Coalition, Houthis still Ravaging Yemen with War Crimes: Millions at Risk

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( Human Rights Watch ) – (Beirut) – Yemen’s armed conflict and humanitarian crisis is resulting in unspeakable suffering for millions of civilians despite increasing global attention to abuses occurring in the country, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2020. The Saudi government’s murder of the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in late […]

Israel/ Palestine

Born Without Civil Rights: Israel’s Use of Draconian Military Orders to Repress Palestinians in the West Bank

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(Human Rights Watch The Israeli army has deprived generations of Palestinians in the West Bank of their basic civil rights, including the rights to free assembly, association and expression, regularly drawing on military orders issued in the first days of the occupation. Even if such restrictions could have been justified then to preserve public order […]

Israel/ Palestine

How the Israel Army Muzzles Free Expression for Palestinians

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52 Years into Occupation, Peaceful Protest, Waving Flags Still Criminalized