US: Bill Advances Bias in Adoption, Foster Care
Child welfare agencies in the United States could be allowed to discriminate under a recent amendment to legislation pending before Congress. The amendment would also threaten the rights of children in care, Human Rights Watch said in a video released...
Tunisia: Pact for Equality, Individual Freedom
More than 90 organizations and civil society groups in Tunisia on July 24, 2018 issued a Pact for Equality and Individual Freedoms, outlining the fundamental rights that all Tunisians should enjoy. This pact is being issued to confirm a commitment to...
Ending marginalization of persons with disabilities ‘a matter of justice’, UN-backed summit told
Four-year-old Dinh attends an early intervention class for blind or partially blind children...
Iraq: Security Forces Fire on Protesters
Iraq’s security forces fired on and beat protesters in Basra governorate during a series of protests from July 8 to 17, 2018, Human Rights Watch said on Jul 24, 2018. The largely Interior Ministry forces used apparent excessive and unnecessary lethal...
Guinea: Deaths, Criminality in Post-Election Violence
There is credible evidence that Guinea’s security forces used excessive lethal force and engaged in other unprofessional conduct during violent street protests in February and March 2018, Human Rights Watch said on Jul 24, 2018. No member of the...
UN experts urge India to align new anti-trafficking bill with human rights law
UN Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro.
UN human rights chief denounces grave 'assaults' on fundamental rights of Palestinian people
A view of Jabalia refugee camp. Jabalia is the largest of the Gaza Strip's eight refugee...
Vietnam: Clean Up Abysmal Rights Record
Vietnam’s government should release all political prisoners and uphold its pledges to respect basic civil and political rights, Human Rights Watch said in a submission to the United Nations Human Rights Council.
Turkey: Normalizing the State of Emergency
A draft law being rushed through Turkey’s parliament will preserve many of the abusive powers granted to the president and executive under the country’s recent state of emergency, which formally ended on July 18, 2018, Human Rights Watch said on Jul...
Iraq: Intelligence Agency Admits Holding Hundreds Despite Previous Denials
Iraq’s National Security Service (NSS), an Iraqi intelligence agency reporting to Iraq’s prime minister, has acknowledged for the first time that it is detaining individuals for prolonged periods of time, despite not having a clear mandate to do so,...
