Venezuela: Curb Plan to Pack Supreme Court
Latin American leaders should press Venezuela to suspend plans by outgoing lawmakers to pack the Supreme Court with government supporters, Human Rights Watch said on December 10.
Africa: Strengthen Steps to End Child Marriage
A young, unmarried girl stands amid a herd of cattle outside Bor, the capital of Jonglei...
US: Tobacco Farms No Place for Teens
“Sofia,” a 17-year-old tobacco worker, in a tobacco field in North Carolina. She...
China: UN Review Slams Lack of Progress on Torture
The outcome report of China’s fifth review under the Convention against Torture highlights the absence of accountability and need for broad legal reform to eradicate torture in the country, Human Rights Watch said on December 9. China’s review, under...
UN marks first International Day to commemorate victims of genocide; the ‘crime of crimes’
A Muslim grieving over his son’s grave in Vitez, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Only two cases have been recognized as...
Stabbed 58 times, transgender woman flees El Salvador
Salvadoran transgender woman Neila – not her real name – shows scars from knife wounds to her neck.
Refugee and sexual violence survivor restores hope in Rwanda
Refugee Jaqueline Umutesi works to prevent sexual and gender violence in Gihembe camp in Rwanda .
Human Rights in Climate Pact Under Fire
A handful of countries were blocking human rights references in important parts of the climate change agreement as ministers gathered in Paris on December 7, 2015, to continue climate change negotiations, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch...
Masked Men Continue to Attack Migrant Boats on the Aegean
Two weeks ago, Human Rights Watch documented, in detail, attacks by masked men on boats with asylum seekers and migrants in the Aegean Sea. We gathered nine witness accounts of eight separate incidents in which armed men in speed boats wearing black...
Yet Again, a Bloody Crackdown on Protesters in Ethiopia
Student protests are spreading throughout Ethiopia’s Oromia region, as people demonstrate against the possibility that Oromo farmers and residents living near the capital, Addis Ababa, could be evicted from their lands without appropriate – or...
