This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post covers ...

The European Union, its member states, and the European Border and Coast Guard Agency Frontex should make saving lives at sea ...

The European Union, its member states, and the European Border and Coast Guard Agency Frontex should make saving lives at sea the priority, Human Rights Watch said in a multimedia feature essay ...

Civilians Hisham al-Sayed, 36, and Avera Mengistu, 39, both had a history of mental illness, according to comments from their ...

Israel was supposed to release 620 Palestinian prisoners soon after the hostages were handed over. Officials gave no reason ...

Eritrea has rejected accusations by Ethiopia’s former president Mulatu Teshome that it is destabilising the northern region of its neighbour, arguing that Addis Ababa’s internal turmoil is the real ...

Meenakshi Ganguly is deputy director of Human Rights Watch’s Asia Division, overseeing the work in a number of countries in the region. She joined Human Rights Watch in 2004, and was formerly ...

As the crisis in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo reaches a critical juncture, pressure is mounting on the African ...

“Much of the destruction in Gaza reflects a calculated Israeli policy to make parts of the strip unlivable,” said Lama Fakih, Middle East and North Africa director at Human Rights Watch.

This will come at the cost of their own citizens’ access to justice. Human Rights Watch operates in over 100 countries, where we work to investigate and document human rights abuses, expose the ...

(Beirut) - Houthi authorities, who control much of Yemen, arbitrarily detained at least eight United Nations staff members in late January, 2025, 25 organizations including Human Rights Watch said ...