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Skip to cookie privacy notice Skip to main content Defend rights. Secure justice. Donate now to support human rights worldwide. I want to help Human rights abuses are happening right now – start a monthly gift today. 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Published In eu-observer * January 16, 2024 News Release KYRGYZSTAN: IMMEDIATELY CEASE HARASSMENT OF INDEPENDENT MEDIA GET OUR DAILY BRIEF BY EMAIL Sign up here DAILY BRIEF Jan 18, 2024 Why Was This Australian Journalist Sacked?; Quick Takes: Development; El Salvador; Antisemitism; Readers’ Recommendations; Weekly Quiz!; Support Our Work! ISRAEL-PALESTINE CRISIS Read our latest coverage of the ongoing crisis in Israel and Palestine. Find it here DONATE NOW TO SUPPORT HUMAN RIGHTS AROUND THE WORLD Give Monthly Make a One-time Gift VIDEOS Watch more Videos Play Video Read a text description of this video SOUNDBITE: Tirana Hassan, Executive Director, Human Rights Watch, 2024-01-03, New York (USA): From renewed hostilities between Israel and Hamas to the tremendous suffering of civilians in Sudan. SOUNDBITE: Tirana Hassan, Executive Director, Human Rights Watch, 2024-01-03, New York (USA): Ongoing conflicts in Ukraine, Myanmar, Ethiopia and the Sahel. SOUNDBITE: Tirana Hassan, Executive Director, Human Rights Watch, 2024-01-03, New York (USA): And that 2023 was the hottest year on record. SOUNDBITE: Tirana Hassan, Executive Director, Human Rights Watch, 2024-01-03, New York (USA): Wildfires, drought and storms affected the lives of millions of people globally. SOUNDBITE: Tirana Hassan, Executive Director, Human Rights Watch, 2024-01-03, New York (USA): These, and many other human rights crises and their consequences are not solvable by governments acting alone. SOUNDBITE: Tirana Hassan, Executive Director, Human Rights Watch, 2024-01-03, New York (USA): But the international human rights framework the collection of rules states have agreed upon provides the roadmap to protect everyone’s dignity. SOUNDBITE: Tirana Hassan, Executive Director, Human Rights Watch, 2024-01-03, New York (USA): We have seen what’s possible when people’s human rights are respected and protected. SOUNDBITE: Tirana Hassan, Executive Director, Human Rights Watch, 2024-01-03, New York (USA): In June, following years of civil society pressure, the Japanese Parliament passed its first law to protect lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people from “unfair discrimination.” SOUNDBITE: Tirana Hassan, Executive Director, Human Rights Watch, 2024-01-03, New York (USA): Brazil’s Supreme Court upheld all Indigenous peoples’ rights to their traditional lands. SOUNDBITE: Tirana Hassan, Executive Director, Human Rights Watch, 2024-01-03, New York (USA): The ruling was a huge boost for Indigenous people in their fight to preserve their way of life. SOUNDBITE: Tirana Hassan, Executive Director, Human Rights Watch, 2024-01-03, New York (USA): Despite the power of human rights to protect everyone’s dignity, the system of rules we rely on to deliver on that promise is under threat. SOUNDBITE: Tirana Hassan, Executive Director, Human Rights Watch, 2024-01-03, New York (USA): Many countries quickly and justifiably condemned the attacks on October 7 by Hamas, but many others have been reserved in responding to the actions by the Israeli government in the collective punishment of civilians in Gaza. SOUNDBITE: Tirana Hassan, Executive Director, Human Rights Watch, 2024-01-03, New York (USA): Meanwhile, armed conflict in Sudan has led to widespread abuses, but has attracted little international attention, while the people of Sudan continue to pay the highest price. SOUNDBITE: Tirana Hassan, Executive Director, Human Rights Watch, 2024-01-03, New York (USA): This selective outrage leaves the impression that some lives matter more than others, which undermines faith in the idea that everyone’s human rights deserve protection. SOUNDBITE: Tirana Hassan, Executive Director, Human Rights Watch, 2024-01-03, New York (USA): And when governments ignore their human rights commitments altogether, in the name of security or trade, when dealing with autocratic leaders, it can embolden those leaders to extend the reach of their repression. SOUNDBITE: Tirana Hassan, Executive Director, Human Rights Watch, 2024-01-03, New York (USA): Civil society, courts, and human rights commissions are also increasingly under threat by governments that want to exercise power without constraints. SOUNDBITE: Tirana Hassan, Executive Director, Human Rights Watch, 2024-01-03, New York (USA): And governments are increasingly using technology platforms to silence and censor critics. SOUNDBITE: Tirana Hassan, Executive Director, Human Rights Watch, 2024-01-03, New York (USA): These threats underline that governments should urgently respect, protect and defend human rights to build thriving and inclusive societies. SOUNDBITE: Tirana Hassan, Executive Director, Human Rights Watch, 2024-01-03, New York (USA): Upholding human rights consistently, across the board, no matter who the victims are or where the rights violations are being committed, is the only way to build the world we want to live in, where everyone’s dignity is respected and protected. Play Video Play Video Global Rights Crises Deepen as World Leaders Shy Away Digital investigation on Drone Attack Digital investigation on an Ambulance Attack REPORTS More reports * December 21, 2023 Report META’S BROKEN PROMISES Systemic Censorship of Palestine Content on Instagram and Facebook * December 18, 2023 Report EGYPT: VIOLATIONS, REPRESSION UPSTAGE PRESIDENTIAL VOTE Sisi Wins Third Term in Uncompetitive Process * December 16, 2023 Report DR CONGO: ELECTORAL VIOLENCE THREATENS VOTE Authorities Should Deter Attacks, Prioritize Accountability * December 14, 2023 Report ABUSED BY RELATIVES, IGNORED BY THE STATE Domestic Violence Against and Neglect of Women and Girls with Disabilities in Kyrgyzstan MOST VIEWED 1. December 19, 2023 News Release YEMEN: HOUTHIS SENTENCE WOMAN TO DEATH 2. January 19, 2024 News Release MEXICO: REJECT ANY NEW US BORDER EXPULSION DEAL 3. April 27, 2021 Report A THRESHOLD CROSSED 4. 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Published In eu-observer January 16, 2024 News Release KYRGYZSTAN: IMMEDIATELY CEASE HARASSMENT OF INDEPENDENT MEDIA * MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA Middle East/North Africa January 19, 2024 Dispatches Houthis Blockade Taizz while Attacking Ships in Response to Israel Siege of Gaza Niku Jafarnia Bahrain and Yemen Researcher, Middle East and North Africa Division January 17, 2024 Dispatches SAUDI GOVERNMENT USES EUROPEAN FOOTBALL TO SPORTSWASH ITS REPUTATION January 16, 2024 News Release LEBANON: GADDAFI SON WRONGFULLY HELD FOR 8 YEARS * UNITED STATES United States January 18, 2024 Dispatches US Lawmakers Should Protect Vaccination Mandates, Sex Ed in Schools Breya Johnson Research Assistant, Women's Rights Division January 11, 2024 News Release US: LITTLE PROGRESS ON PERSISTENT RIGHTS CHALLENGES January 2, 2024 Commentary BIDEN MUST NOT TRADE AWAY THE RIGHT TO SEEK ASYLUM Published In The Hill * ARMS Global January 3, 2024 News Release Killer Robots: UN Vote Should Spur Action on Treaty December 22, 2023 Interview HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH’S ROLE IN CONFLICT AND CRISIS December 18, 2023 Commentary THE USE OF EXPLOSIVE WEAPONS IN CITIES MUST STOP Published In Al Jazeera * CHILDREN'S RIGHTS Americas January 11, 2024 News Release Brazil: Mixed Rights Record for Lula’s First Year January 9, 2024 Commentary GETTING ALL THE WORLD’S CHILDREN BACK TO SCHOOL Published In Tageblatt December 22, 2023 Interview HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH’S ROLE IN CONFLICT AND CRISIS * CRISIS AND CONFLICT Middle East/North Africa January 11, 2024 News Release Israel/Palestine: Unprecedented Killings, Repression December 20, 2023 News Release RUSSIA FORCES UKRAINIANS IN OCCUPIED AREAS INTO MILITARY December 18, 2023 News Release ISRAEL: STARVATION USED AS WEAPON OF WAR IN GAZA * DISABILITY RIGHTS Americas January 18, 2024 Commentary New Disabilities Plan in Brazil Leaves Many Out Carlos Ríos Espinosa Associate Director, Disability Rights Division Published in: Correio Braziliense January 11, 2024 News Release BRAZIL: MIXED RIGHTS RECORD FOR LULA’S FIRST YEAR December 22, 2023 Interview HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH’S ROLE IN CONFLICT AND CRISIS * ECONOMIC JUSTICE AND RIGHTS Global January 17, 2024 Dispatches A Human Rights Economy is Key to Sustainable Development Sarah Saadoun Senior Researcher and Advocate, Poverty and Inequality January 11, 2024 News Release EGYPT: CIVIC SPACE UNDER SIEGE December 19, 2023 Commentary (RE)CLAIMING THE RIGHT TO SOCIAL SECURITY Published In socialprotection.org * ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN RIGHTS Americas January 11, 2024 News Release Brazil: Mixed Rights Record for Lula’s First Year January 11, 2024 News Release UAE: HOSTING COP28 AMID LONGSTANDING REPRESSION January 11, 2024 News Release YEMEN: WIDESPREAD VIOLATIONS; NO ACCESS TO JUSTICE * FREE SPEECH Europe/Central Asia January 19, 2024 Dispatches Several Investigative Journalists Under Pressure in Ukraine Rachel Denber Deputy Director, Europe and Central Asia Division Yulia Gorbunova Senior Researcher January 11, 2024 News Release EGYPT: CIVIC SPACE UNDER SIEGE January 11, 2024 News Release SAUDI ARABIA: DEADLY ABUSES DESPITE IMAGE CAMPAIGN * HEALTH United States January 18, 2024 Dispatches US Lawmakers Should Protect Vaccination Mandates, Sex Ed in Schools Breya Johnson Research Assistant, Women's Rights Division December 22, 2023 Interview HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH’S ROLE IN CONFLICT AND CRISIS December 15, 2023 Dispatches GAZA BLOCKADE PUTS PEOPLE WITH DIABETES AT RISK * LGBT RIGHTS Africa January 19, 2024 Dispatches Burundi President Stokes Fear Among LGBT People Clémentine de Montjoye Researcher January 11, 2024 News Release BRAZIL: MIXED RIGHTS RECORD FOR LULA’S FIRST YEAR December 14, 2023 Commentary DID NEPAL ACHIEVE MARRIAGE EQUALITY? NOT QUITE YET Published In Openly * REFUGEES AND MIGRANTS Asia January 16, 2024 News Release Indonesia: Protect Newly Arrived Rohingya Refugees January 11, 2024 News Release SAUDI ARABIA: DEADLY ABUSES DESPITE IMAGE CAMPAIGN January 11, 2024 News Release UAE: HOSTING COP28 AMID LONGSTANDING REPRESSION * RIGHTS OF OLDER PEOPLE December 10, 2023 Dispatches 75 Years since Universal Declaration, UN Still Failing Older People Bridget Sleap Senior Researcher, Rights of Older People November 10, 2023 Dispatches OLDER PEOPLE NOT SPARED IN HOSTILITIES IN ISRAEL/PALESTINE October 4, 2023 Commentary DEMAND WHAT YOU BELIEVE IN * INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE Israel/Palestine January 10, 2024 News Release World Court to hear Genocide Case Against Israel January 5, 2024 News Release SWITZERLAND/GAMBIA: JAMMEH-ERA CRIMES ON TRIAL December 22, 2023 Interview HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH’S ROLE IN CONFLICT AND CRISIS * TECHNOLOGY AND RIGHTS January 5, 2024 Commentary The Algorithms Too Few People Are Talking About Amos Toh Senior Researcher, Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights, Technology and Human Rights Published in: Lawfare January 10, 2024 Letter LETTER TO PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN RE: PROTECTING JOURNALISTS AND PRESS FREEDOM IN THE ISRAEL-GAZA WAR December 20, 2023 News Release META: SYSTEMIC CENSORSHIP OF PALESTINE CONTENT * TERRORISM / COUNTERTERRORISM Africa December 7, 2023 News Release Nigeria: Erroneous Military Airstrike November 1, 2023 Report MALI: ISLAMIST ARMED GROUPS, ARMY TARGET CIVILIANS September 25, 2023 Report IRAQ: TORTURE SURVIVORS AWAIT US REDRESS, ACCOUNTABILITY * TORTURE Middle East/North Africa September 25, 2023 Report Iraq: Torture Survivors Await US Redress, Accountability September 20, 2023 Commentary HOW BRUTE VIOLENCE BECAME EGYPT’S ANSWER TO VIRTUALLY EVERYTHING Published In Foreign Policy in Focus September 1, 2023 News Release BAHRAIN: ADDRESS HUNGER STRIKE GRIEVANCES * UNITED NATIONS Global January 17, 2024 Dispatches A Human Rights Economy is Key to Sustainable Development Sarah Saadoun Senior Researcher and Advocate, Poverty and Inequality December 20, 2023 Dispatches UN MEMBER COUNTRIES SHOULD RESIST DEFUNDING OF HUMAN RIGHTS December 15, 2023 Dispatches US SHOULD BACK UN SECURITY COUNCIL ACTION TO PROTECT GAZA’S CIVILIANS * WOMEN'S RIGHTS United States January 18, 2024 Dispatches US Lawmakers Should Protect Vaccination Mandates, Sex Ed in Schools Breya Johnson Research Assistant, Women's Rights Division January 11, 2024 News Release IRAN: CHOKEHOLD ON DISSENT December 22, 2023 Interview HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH’S ROLE IN CONFLICT AND CRISIS PROTECTING RIGHTS, SAVING LIVES Human Rights Watch defends the rights of people in close to 100 countries worldwide, spotlighting abuses and bringing perpetrators to justice Donate Now Get Updates On Rights Issues Worldwide Leave blank Leave blank Leave blank Sign Up CONNECT WITH US * Twitter * Facebook * YouTube * Instagram * LinkedIn * TikTok FOOTER MENU * Contact Us * Corrections * Privacy Policy * Permissions * Site Map * Child Safeguarding Text Version © 2024 Human Rights Watch Human Rights Watch | 350 Fifth Avenue, 34th Floor | New York, NY 10118-3299 USA | t 1.212.290.4700 Human Rights Watch is a 501(C)(3) nonprofit registered in the US under EIN: 13-2875808 Human Rights Watch Human Rights Watch cookie preferences Human Rights Watch values your privacy, and we care about how your personal data is used and shared online. 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