‘Armed groups’ terrorising Burkina Faso: HRW | Armed Groups News
Groups with links to al-Qaeda and ISIL are accused of ‘massacring villagers, displaced people, and Christian worshippers’.Armed groups with links to al-Qaeda and ISIL (ISIS)…
Warring parties committing ‘widespread sexual violence’ in Sudan: HRW | Sexual Assault News
Some instances of sexual and gender-based violence were so severe they led to death, according to the rights group.The warring parties in the conflict in…
Armed groups committing atrocities in Mali: HRW | Conflict News
Mali is plagued by armed groups, making swaths of territory ungovernable. However, UN peacekeepers have been kicked out. Al-Qaeda-linked and warring ethnically-based armed groups are…
Burkina Faso says HRW massacre accusations ‘baseless’ | Human Rights News
A Human Rights Watch report on Thursday accused the military of executing residents in Nodin and Soro, including at least 56 children. Burkina Faso has…
Colombia and Panama failing to protect migrants in Darien Gap: HRW | Migration News
Human Rights Watch has urged the two countries to ensure the safety of people crossing the dangerous migration route. Colombia and Panama have failed to…
Carmakers at risk of using Uighur forced labour in China, HRW says | Automotive Industry
Taipei, Taiwan – Top carmakers, including General Motors, Toyota, Volkswagen, Tesla and BYD are at a high risk of using aluminium produced by forced labour…
Israel’s attacks on hospitals ‘should be investigated as war crimes’: HRW | Israel-Palestine conflict News
Health facilities and ambulances have protected status under international humanitarian law, Human Rights Watch affirms. Israel’s repeated attacks on medical facilities, health personnel and ambulances…
Israel using white phosphorus in Gaza, Lebanon, endangering civilians: HRW | Israel-Palestine conflict News
Human Rights Watch says use of the chemical in populated areas violates legal obligation to avoid civilian casualties. Israel has used white phosphorus in its…
US has failed to compensate tortured victims of its Iraq prisons: HRW | Human Rights News
Two decades on, the United States has failed to provide redress or compensation to Iraqi victims of its military’s torture and abuse at Abu Ghraib…
HRW, UN raise alarm over rape accusations against Sudan’s RSF
A paramilitary group at the centre of the four-month conflict in Sudan has been singled out by leading rights group and 30 United Nations experts,…
Saudi guards kill, abuse refugees at border with Yemen: HRW | Refugees News
Saudi Arabia has engaged in a large-scale and brutal killing of African refugees and migrants at its southern borders with Yemen that could constitute crimes…
HRW, UN raise alarm over rape accusations against Sudan’s RSF | Conflict News
New York-based Human Rights Watch says it documented 78 victims of rape between April 24 and June 26. A paramilitary group at the centre of…
Climate displacement threatens Indigenous Guna people in Panama: HRW | Indigenous Rights News
As climate change and rising sea levels threaten the island of Gardi Sugdub, leaders in the local Indigenous community are increasingly worried that the Panamanian…
Armed groups step up murders, rapes in Mali: HRW | ISIL/ISIS News
New York-based rights group reports six attacks in the Gao region and two in Menaka between January and June. Widespread killings, rapes and looting in…
Uganda oil pipeline has ‘devastated’ livelihoods, says HRW | Environment News
The pipeline, which has previously been criticised by environmental activists and rights groups, passes through multiple ecologically sensitive areas in Uganda. A planned oil pipeline…
HRW urges Pakistan to not try civilians in military courts | Human Rights News
Rights group says the practice violates international law after at least 45 supporters of ex-PM Imran Khan are handed over to military for trial. Islamabad,…
HRW condemns Bangladesh, Myanmar on plan to repatriate Rohingya | Rohingya News
Human Rights Watch says Bangladesh ‘shouldn’t forget why Rohingya became refugees’ and recognise that those factors have not changed. The Human Rights Watch has criticised…
HRW says Myanmar military used thermobaric bomb on opponents | News
A report by Human Rights Watch claims the military used a thermobaric or vacuum bomb on opponents last month, causing ‘indiscriminate and disproportionate civilian casualties’.…
HRW: Academic held by Egyptian authorities at risk of death | Mohamed Morsi News
Human Rights Watch joins 50 other groups to call for the release of Egyptian academic Salah Soltan, detained in Egypt. An academic detained by Egyptian…
HRW calls on Tunisia to release ex-PM Laarayedh | News
Laarayedh has been held in detention since December without being taken before a judge, according to HRW. Human Rights Watch (HRW) has denounced the charges…