Human Rights Watch

Rights Defenders Decry 'Unlawful and Cruel' Texas Anti-Migrant Effort as Abbott Surges Troops

"Operation Lone Star appears designed to further criminalize Latinx, Black, and other immigrant communities by arresting and detaining them on trumped-up charges that often fail to pass legal muster."

Brett Wilkins · Nov 22, 2021

'The World Is Waiting': Biden Urged to Reverse Trump Landmine Policy, Join Global Treaty

Brett Wilkins · Nov 10, 2021

Report Details 'Jaw-Dropping' Abuse of Asylum Seekers by US Border Agents

Julia Conley · Oct 21, 2021

Facebook Suppressed Content Highlighting Israeli Abuses of Palestinians: Report

Kenny Stancil · Oct 8, 2021

An Israeli airstrike destroys a high-rise building in Gaza City that housed several media outlets, including the Associated Press and Al-Jazeera.

Human Rights Watch: Israel Bombing of Gaza High-Rises Are Possible 'War Crimes'

Andrea Germanos · Aug 24, 2021

US Courts Central Asian Dictators in Pursuit of Post-Afghan War Objectives

Nations including Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan have some of the world's most abysmal human rights records—but that isn't deterring the Biden administration from seeking to work with them.

Brett Wilkins · Jul 15, 2021

As Iran Elects New President, Experts Urge Biden to Rejoin Nuclear Deal, Lift Sanctions

"The Biden administration must remain resolute and seek a break from the disastrous conditions that helped contribute to this result."

Brett Wilkins · Jun 19, 2021

Colonial Powers Have Long Demanded the 'Right to Self-Defense' Against the People They Have Colonized

The fallacy of the colonial 'right to self-defense.'

Patrick Gathara · May 17, 2021

Biden Budget Would Send $1.3 Billion More to Israeli Military Than to Global Climate Programs: Analysis

A group of anti-war veterans said President Joe Biden's spending priorities indicate that he thinks "preserving apartheid is more important than fighting climate change."

Kenny Stancil · May 11, 2021

Why Human Rights Watch Designating Israel's Crimes as Apartheid Is a Very Big Deal

The report reflects the power of decades of work in defense of Palestinian rights.

Phyllis Bennis · May 5, 2021

Israeli Man Trying to Take Over Palestinian Home Says 'If I Don't Steal It, Someone Else' Will

The house is located in an occupied East Jerusalem neighborhood where Palestinian residents have been ordered to vacate by an Israeli court.

Brett Wilkins · May 4, 2021

National Lawyers Guild Urges Biden to Align US Israel-Palestine Policy With International Law

"The United States cannot turn its back on the atrocities, including war crimes, enabled by U.S. policies, particularly its decadeslong policy of shielding Israel from accountability."

Brett Wilkins · May 3, 2021

Progressive Groups Mark May Day With Rallies Urging Passage of PRO Act

"The fight for the PRO Act is a fight for a future of dignity for all workers," said Democratic Rep. Jamaal Bowman of New York.

Andrea Germanos · May 1, 2021

Scathing Human Rights Watch Report Says Israel Guilty of Apartheid

The prominent watchdog group's new analysis finds the oppression of Palestinians has reached a "threshold."

Andrea Germanos · Apr 27, 2021

Groups Urge Blinken to Keep Human Rights Conditions on US Military Aid to Egypt

The NGOs said in a letter that refusing to waive conditions "will send a clear message" that the Biden administration "is serious about its commitment to supporting human rights abroad."

Brett Wilkins · Apr 23, 2021

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