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August 20, 2024 News Release

Tunisia: Prospective Presidential Candidates Barred

Potential Contenders Excluded, Convicted, Imprisoned

The Chairman of the Independent High Electoral Body (ISIE) Farouk Bouasker, (3-R) at a press conference to announce just three preliminary candidates for the presidential election to be held in Tunis on August 10, 2024.
August 19, 2024 News Release

Australia: Raise Rights Concerns in Indonesia Meetings

Important Opportunity for New Prabowo Administration to Restore Jakarta’s Standing

202408asia Indonesia Australia Canberra
August 19, 2024 Statement

Honduras: Submission to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

76th Session

August 19, 2024 Statement

Human Rights Watch Submission to the European Committee of Social Rights

Comments on the ad hoc report of the United Kingdom (RAP/Cha/GBP/2023, December 19, 2023)

August 19, 2024 Letter

Joint Letter: Requesting urgent action towards UN human rights monitoring and investigation in Bangladesh

August 19, 2024 News Release

Yemen: Israeli Port Attack Possible War Crime

Retaliatory July Strike on Hodeidah Threatens Food, Aid, Electricity Supply

Oil tanks burn following an Israeli strike at the port in Hodeidah, Yemen, July 20, 2024.
August 18, 2024 Statement

EU Should Press India to End Rights Abuses

Bilateral Human Rights Dialogue Scheduled for August 20

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
August 16, 2024 Statement

Joint Statement: Marking 3 Years of Taliban Oppression

Statement from the U.S. Policy Advocates for Afghan Women and Girls

An Afghan teacher collects books in a school in Kabul, Afghanistan.
August 16, 2024 News Release

Olympics: Overturn Athlete’s Disqualification for Speaking out

Olympic Authorities Violated Manizha Talash’s Right to Free Expression

A woman wears a cape that reads "Free Afghan Women" at the Paris Olympics
August 16, 2024 Dispatches

Houthis Raid UN Human Rights Office in Yemen

Crackdown on United Nations, Civil Society Groups amid Humanitarian Crises

Soldiers in uniform ride in a military vehicle down a city street
August 16, 2024 Dispatches

Eswatini Supreme Court Rubber Stamps Repression

Uphold Rights to Freedom of Association, Expression, and Assembly

Activists light candles while holding posters at a tribute to the assassinated human rights lawyer Thulani Maseko, Eswatini, formerly Swaziland
August 16, 2024 News Release

Iraq: Parliament Poised to Legalize Child Marriage

Sweeping Bill Imperils Women’s, Children’s Rights

A woman holds a sign protesting women being deprived of their rights in marriage in Tahrir Square, Baghdad, Iraq, August 8, 2024.
August 15, 2024 Dispatches

Doctor’s Rape, Murder in India Sparks Protests

Enforce Laws Against Sexual Abuse, Including in Workplace

Protesters hold signs and candles
August 15, 2024 Dispatches

Türkiye: Kurdish Songs and Dances Are Not Terrorist Propaganda

End Abusive Prosecutions and Detentions

A group in a dance formation
August 15, 2024 Dispatches

Deaths of People with Disabilities Surge in Spain, As Does the Heat

Better Data Needed to Improve Protections

Fernando Uceta, who has COPD, uses a portable oxygen concentrator to breathe as he sits on the balcony of his home during the summer heatwave, in Barcelona's Raval neighbourhood, Spain, June 27, 2023.

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