Tag: Human Rights Watch

Human Rights Watch has strongly condemned the sentencing of several prominent Tunisian human rights defenders, warning that the convictions mark another major escalation in the country's shrinking civic space and ...

Human Rights Watch has warned that thousands of vulnerable people have been subjected to arbitrary arrests, inhumane detention, and unlawful collective expulsions following weeks of inflammatory anti-migrant rhetoric. Human Rights ...

Human Rights Watch has warned that attacks on health care in conflict zones remain widespread and largely unchecked, even a decade after the United Nations adopted a landmark resolution intended ...

Data shows that troops in Burkina Faso and Mali have killed more civilians than jihadists, highlighting a stark and troubling dimension of the Sahel conflict. According to a report by ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has accused Rwanda-backed M23 rebels of killing at least 140 people in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in July, with reports suggesting the death toll ...

At least 21 civilians were executed over two days in February by Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern city of Goma, according to a report released ...

Critics have denounced a new internet law in Vietnam. Social media users in Vietnam on platforms including Facebook and TikTok will need to verify their identities as part of strict ...

A new report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) has established that Israeli authorities have caused massive and deliberate forced displacement of Palestinians in Gaza, in what amounts to a war crime. The ...

Human Rights Watch has accused Burkina Faso's government of exposing civilians to “unnecessary risk” after a militant assault left at least 133 people dead and hundreds more injured in Barsalogho ...

A chilling new report released Wednesday by Human Rights Watch (HRW) exposes brutal atrocities committed by jihadist groups in Burkina Faso.  According to the watchdog, militant attacks are often acts ...