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Human Rights Watch@hrw·3h
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has been reelected as Brazil’s president, defeating Liberal Party candidate Flávio Bolsonaro in a runoff election. During his current term, President Lula has supported democratic institutions and made important progress on protecting forest and local c…
Human Rights Watch@hrw·4h
“It is as if a tsunami had hit the city,” said a resident who returned to Sudan’s El Fasher only to find it destroyed and largely abandoned after the RSF's October 2025 takeover. One year on, global actors should ensure it never happens again, take bold steps to protect civilian…
Human Rights Watch@hrw·4h
A South Korean government proposal would allow medication abortion in 2027, but overly restrictive regulations will continue to impair the right to safe and affordable abortion services. Access to safe abortion is essential to protecting the autonomy, health, and rights of women…
Human Rights Watch@hrw·3d
“It’s also thanks to your government that Israeli atrocities continue with complete impunity.” Watch HRW’s @ClaFrancavilla speak in the Czech Parliament about accountability, complicity, and the human cost of inaction.
Human Rights Watch@hrw·3d
Vietnam is suppressing independent trade unions and the right to organize. By enabling artificially low labor costs, Vietnamese companies are allowed unfair trade advantages. As To Lam, President of Vietnam and Communist Party General Secretary, visits the European Union, tradin…
Human Rights Watch@hrw·4d
The European Parliament has awarded the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought to the International Criminal Court and its officials. This prize should be a rallying cry for ICC members to stand up for the court and for the EU Commission to urgently activate the EU’s "blocking st…
Human Rights Watch@hrw·4d
Mali’s armed forces and the allied Russia-controlled Africa Corps have committed new atrocities against civilians in central Mali during renewed fighting. Concerned governments and international institutions should press the Malian authorities to conduct credible investigations…
Human Rights Watch@hrw·4d
In March, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz boasted that he and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the acceleration of Lebanese house demolitions and that hundreds of thousands of Shiite residents would be prevented from returning to their homes in southern Lebanon. www.hrw.org/news/2026/03/23/israeli-offici...
Human Rights Watch@hrw·4d
Today, October 22nd, is Ahmed Mansoor’s birthday. Since 2017, Ahmed has spent his birthday behind bars, where he’s been arbitrarily imprisoned in an isolation cell in the United Arab Emirates. All charges on which he was convicted were based solely on his human rights advocacy.…
Human Rights Watch@hrw·5d
Burkina Faso’s unelected parliament has unanimously adopted a new penal code that restores the death penalty for some crimes. Reinstating capital punishment sends a chilling message to critics of the military junta and risks becoming another tool to suppress dissent. www.hrw.org/news/2026/10/21/burkina-faso-r...
Human Rights Watch@hrw·5d
NEW: The Vietnamese government is systematically suppressing the rights of workers to organize independent unions despite trade agreements that require it to support labor rights. By enabling artificially low labor costs, Vietnamese companies are allowed unfair trade advantages.…
Human Rights Watch@hrw·6d
In a nationwide September poll, 40 percent of respondents said they expect some kind of ICE presence at polls in the US, with even higher percentages among non-white respondents expecting to see ICE agents in places people vote. The US government should order federal ICE office…
Human Rights Watch@hrw·19 de out.
"The pursuit of justice is precisely what is at stake today." HRW's Executive Director Philippe Bolopion (@Bolopion) discusses the importance of the International Criminal Court and shares how Human Rights Watch is fighting back to defend it.
Human Rights Watch@hrw·14 de out.
A significant step forward for LGBT rights in Hungary: Parliament has rolled back key parts of the discriminatory 2021 law that restricted how LGBT people could be portrayed or discussed in content accessible to children. Now, the government should remove the discriminatory pro…
Human Rights Watch@hrw·14 de out.
“So if someone says we will break [the ICC] down brick by brick, [...] we will defend it brick by brick." --@MinPres While speaking with Human Rights Watch in Amsterdam, Prime Minister of the Netherlands Rob Jetten discussed defending the International Criminal Court at a time w…
Human Rights Watch@hrw·14 de out.
High schoolers across France have taken to the streets to protest the government’s continued under-investment in their education. Police use of force in response to the protests has resulted in serious injuries to children, including a 15-year-old boy who lost a hand to an expl…
Human Rights Watch@hrw·14 de out.
Excessive force. Beatings. Arbitrary detentions. Harassment of journalists. Indian authorities have not let up their assault on peaceful protesters, who are denouncing a voter list revision process that deleted over 130 million names. #India
Human Rights Watch@hrw·13 de out.
HRW’s Global Program Director @lamamfakih knew attacks would likely reach Beirut as tensions escalated in the US/Israeli war with Iran. But she never thought they would hit so close to home. In a new episode of our Rights & Wrongs podcast, Lama discusses the loss of her home and…
Human Rights Watch@hrw·13 de out.
Indian authorities are using abusive methods to crack down on thousands of peaceful protesters in New Delhi and other Indian cities. The protests, led by the Gen Z Cockroach Janta Party, opposition parties, student organizations, and civil society groups, have demanded the resig…
Human Rights Watch@hrw·13 de out.
Senegal’s intensifying crackdown on LGBT people is violating their rights and causing increasing fear and stigma. The crackdown calls into question Senegal’s compliance with its own laws and international law, as well as the Olympic charter, ahead of hosting the Youth Olympic G…
Human Rights Watch@hrw·13 de out.
"Every day, it goes underwater, then reappears." Philippine authorities in Pampanga have threatened the safety and livelihoods of Pulo Island residents by relocating them to a low-lying area as part of a flawed flood control project. In a new report, HRW spoke with Pampanga res…
Human Rights Watch@hrw·12 de out.
People around the world are losing their homes to a crisis they didn’t create. "Solwata," a new immersive documentary spotlighting the climate crisis in the Pacific nation of Solomon Islands, will play at the London Film Festival. Learn more about the film: www.solwata.com
Human Rights Watch@hrw·10 de out.
As armed conflicts proliferate around the globe, World Mental Health Day is a reminder that psychological harms of armed conflict can have lasting effects on civilians' mental health. Accessible, inclusive mental health care and support can help create the conditions for recove…
Human Rights Watch@hrw·10 de out.
The death penalty is an attack on human dignity. On World Day Against the Death Penalty, a reminder that Saudi Arabia continues its relentless use of the death penalty, executing record numbers of people, including migrants convicted of nonlethal drug offenses, men convicted of…
Human Rights Watch@hrw·10 de out.
One year after a ceasefire agreement took effect, Israeli forces continue to kill and wound civilians and deny sufficient food, aid, and water to Palestinians in Gaza. Other countries should take immediate measures to protect civilians and ensure that rights-based reconstruction…
Human Rights Watch@hrw·9 de out.
The Trump administration’s decision to sanction the International Criminal Court is an unprecedented assault on global justice and the rule of law. By attacking the ICC, the US government is threatening justice for victims of abuses from Palestine to Ukraine, Myanmar, and Sudan.…
Human Rights Watch@hrw·9 de out.
👏 👏 👏 Congratulations to Navi Pillay, an activist, human rights investigator, and international judge, who has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. From Rwanda to the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Navi Pillay has sought justice for the world’s worst crimes.
Human Rights Watch@hrw·7 de out.
"We want people to know that trans people are serving the community," says Sam Burnett of the Amarillo Area Transgender Advocacy Group, which turned settlement money into a food pantry feeding 9,000+ people a month in Texas as federal food assistance was halted. As anti-trans p…
Human Rights Watch@hrw·7 de out.
Thousands are protesting across India against changes to voter rolls that have stripped millions of their right to vote. Police have detained scores of protesters, and authorities have cut off mobile internet services near protest sites. Indian authorities need to release all d…
Human Rights Watch@hrw·7 de out.
Since early 2026, Salvadoran courts have begun convicting people in mass trials of hundreds of defendants at a time, relying on weak evidence and giving them no real chance to defend themselves. These hearings are designed to produce guilty verdicts, not to weigh evidence under…
Human Rights Watch@hrw·6 de out.
25 years on, and still no genuine justice or redress for war crimes and other grave abuses in Afghanistan since the war began on October 7, 2001. Successive US administrations have swept grave abuses under the rug, leaving those most affected with neither compensation nor justic…
Human Rights Watch@hrw·5 de out.
Amid protests in India over large-scale changes to voter rolls, Indian authorities should release anyone detained solely for peacefully expressing their views. Authorities should order police to exercise restraint, stop suspending internet services to stifle protests, and ensure…
Human Rights Watch@hrw·2 de out.
Sex in the absence of consent = rape. Consent must be clear and freely given. Comprehensive sexuality education teaches young people about consent, respect, and healthy relationships, helping to prevent sexual violence before it happens.
Human Rights Watch@hrw·2 de out.
United States forces intercepted and destroyed eight Ecuadorian fishing vessels between August 28 and September 16, 2026, detaining over 140 of 160 crew members and abusing some. The US and Ecuadorian governments should disclose the legal basis for these operations and investiga…