Tag: Human Rights Watch

HRW slams ‘ruthless’ Taliban government as new law bans protest

August 27, 2026 admin

Afghan burqa-clad women hold placards as they protest for their right to education, in Mazar-i-Sharif on August 12, 2023. Human Rights Watch slammed on August 27, 2026, the “ruthless effort to suppress all dissent” by the Taliban government, after a new police law banned demonstrations across Afghanistan. | Photo Credit: AFP Human Rights Watch slammed…

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Human Rights Watch accuses Israel forces of displacing South Syria residents

September 17, 2025 admin

Trucks and vans carrying around 60 displaced families arrive in their village after more than five years in the Atmeh camps near in South Syria. File | Photo Credit: AP Human Rights Watch (HRW) accused Israeli forces on Wednesday (September 17, 2025) of forcibly displacing residents of southern Syria, which Israel has demanded be demilitarised…

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HRW calls out Ethiopia for ‘assault’ on rights groups

January 30, 2025 admin

Ethiopia is waging an “escalating crackdown” on civil society, Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday (January 29, 2025), denouncing the suspension of two independent human rights groups in recent weeks. In December, a government body overseeing civil society suspended the Ethiopian Human Rights Council (EHRC), the country’s oldest independent rights group, and the Ethiopian Human…

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Crimes against humanity: Key U.N. committee adopts resolution paving way for first-ever treaty

November 23, 2024 admin

A view of the International Criminal Court, in The Hague, Netherlands. File | Photo Credit: AP A key United Nations (U.N.) General Assembly committee adopted a resolution on Friday (November 22, 2024) paving way for negotiations on a first-ever treaty on preventing and punishing crimes against humanity after Russia dropped amendments that would have derailed…

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At least 30 killed in Mozambique since start of election violence: HRW

November 8, 2024 admin

Members of the Mozambique military patrol the streets of the capital a day after a “national shutdown” against the election outcome, in Maputo, Mozambique, November 8, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Friday (November 8, 2024) that at least 30 people have been killed in Mozambique in almost three weeks of…

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Women’s rights will be raised at UN meeting being attended by Taliban: UN official

June 27, 2024 admin

Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The United Nations (UN) political chief who will chair the first meeting between Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers and envoys from about 25 countries answered sharp criticism that Afghan women have been excluded, saying on June 26 that women’s rights will be raised at every session. Undersecretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo…

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UN envoy defends failure to include Afghan women in upcoming meeting with Taliban in Qatar

June 22, 2024 admin

The United Nations’ (UN) top official in Afghanistan defended the failure to include Afghan women in the upcoming first meeting between the Taliban and envoys from 22 countries, insisting that demands for women’s rights are certain to be raised. UN special envoy Roza Otunbayeva was pummelled with questions on June 21 from journalists about criticism…

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Attacks by Sudanese paramilitary forces in Darfur raise possibility of ‘genocide’ against non-Arab ethnic communities: Human Rights Watch

May 9, 2024 admin

Sudanese refugees who fled the violence in Sudan’s Darfur region and newly arrived ride their donkeys looking for space to temporarily settle, near the border between Sudan and Chad in Goungour, Chad. File | Photo Credit: Reuters “A series of attacks by Sudanese paramilitary forces in the western region of Darfur raise the possibility of…

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Burkina Faso Suspends BBC and Voice of America after covering report on mass killings

April 26, 2024 admin

File picture of mural in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. | Photo Credit: AP Burkina Faso suspended the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and Voice of America (VOA) radio stations for their coverage of a report by Human Rights Watch on a mass killing of civilians carried out by the country’s armed forces. Burkina Faso’s communication spokesperson, Tonssira…

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Iran’s persecution of Bahai minority constitutes ‘crime against humanity’, says HRW

April 2, 2024 admin

Baha’i cemeteries have been desecrated or destroyed in several cities and towns. Photo: X/@hrw The Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on April 1 that the Iranian authorities’ persecution of the Bahai minority since the Islamic revolution of 1979 constitutes a crime against humanity. The New York-based group said that the Bahai, Iran’s largest non-Muslim minority,…

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