human rights watch

EU deal with Egypt to stem migration is morally ambiguous

"The EU’s cash-for-migration-control approach strengthens authoritarian rulers while betraying human rights defenders, journalists, lawyers, and activists whose work involves great personal risk.”

Jose Miguel Vivanco, director of Human Rights Watch Americas, holds up a report

Human Rights Watch is an Israel-hating organization at its very core - opinion

HRW has targeted Israel with repeated and false accusations of “deliberately killing civilians,” committing war crimes, collective punishment, and disproportionate responses.

By GERALD M. STEINBERG
25/11/2023

Human Rights Watch says Israel used white phosphorus in Gaza, Lebanon

The substance is not banned as a chemical weapon, but it is prohibited by the Convention on the Prohibition of Use of Certain Conventional Weapons, to which Israel is not a signatory.

By REUTERS
13/10/2023

Jordan ends emergency laws that stifled public freedoms

This would mean a return to implementing many ordinary laws that were suspended as the government enacted many defense orders that touched every aspect of public life.

By REUTERS
07/05/2023

Israeli apartheid: A widespread lie difficult to fight - opinion

At its core, the apartheid lie depicts Jews who have returned to their ancestral homeland as “settler colonialists” and “foreign interlopers,” comparing them to South African whites during apartheid.

By ROBERT HORENSTEIN
28/04/2023

Israel is 'on rampage' against human rights, new HRW chief says

A planned overhaul of the judiciary by Israel's religious-nationalist government would be "a disaster" for human rights, HRW Executive Director Tirana Hassan said.

By REUTERS
30/03/2023

UAE arbitrarily detaining over 2000 Afghan evacuees - Human Rights Watch

Although the UAE has resettled the vast majority of the Afghan refugees they have sheltered, Human Rights Watch is charging the Gulf nation with arbitrarily detaining as many as 2700 for over a year.

By REUTERS
15/03/2023

Bahrain cancels Human Rights Watch parliament conference visas

Rights groups, including HRW, have criticized Bahrain for holding international events as a way of distracting from repression of political opposition

By REUTERS
10/03/2023

UN should follow up on China 'crimes against humanity' - report

Previous bids for China to face a UN debate have failed.

By REUTERS
13/02/2023
Subscribe for our daily newsletter
Subscribe for our daily newsletter

By subscribing I accept the terms of use and privacy policy