New EU Leadership Should Uphold the Right to Asylum in Europe
Member States Should Abandon Schemes to Outsource Processing
![A migrant reception center at the port of Shenjin, northwestern Albania, June 5, 2024.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2024/06/202406eca_albania_migrant_reception_Shenjin.jpg?h=9f7f6fa8&itok=q0BFia_D)
Zimbabwe: SADC Should Respond to Intensified Crackdown on Opponents
Respect Freedoms of Assembly and Association, End Repression of Critics
![Opposition supporters protest outside a court, in Harare, Zimbabwe](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2024/07/202408afr_Zimbabwe_protests.jpg?h=c6980913&itok=HMzSu78p)
As Head of Democratic India, Modi Should Raise Abuses in Ukraine with Russia During Moscow Visit
Russia’s tactics mirror those of colonial armies, something that the prime minister of a country that bore the brunt of colonialism should speak up against.
![Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi greet each other before their meeting in New Delhi, India, December 6, 2021.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2024/07/202407asia_india_modi_putin.jpg?h=1b6398e8&itok=CknBlO3w)
Iran: Security Forces Killing Kurdish Border Couriers
In Poor Region, Scores Killed Taking Goods Across the Iran-Iraq Border
![Kulbars carry goods on their backs along the mountains of the Iran-Iraq border, Kurdistan, Iran, April 29, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2024/07/202407mena_iran_iraq_kulbars.jpg?h=a141e9ea&itok=yvow57x3)
Venezuela: Ramp-Up Repression Ahead of the Elections
HRW oral statement - ID on High Commissioner report on Venezuela - HRC56
![OHCHR Meeting room](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/03/202303Americas_Venezuela_OHCHR.jpeg?h=8abcec71&itok=1QT5lKIe)
Meaningful Follow-Up Needed as China’s UN Rights Review Concludes
UN Member States Should Press Beijing on Recommendations
![202212eca_turkey_uyghur_detainees_in_china](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/12/202212eca_turkey_uyghur_detainees_in_china.jpg?h=d7fc655f&itok=Qovzh4lq)
Qatar Risks Backsliding on Critical Labor Reforms
Shura Council Proposal to Reinstate Exit Permits Puts Domestic Workers at Greater Risk of Abuse
![Excessive working hours](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/hrw_omanreport_illustrations_02_excessiveworkinghours-png.png?itok=JylbyM2a)
Adoption of the Outcome of the Universal Periodic Review of Saudi Arabia
Human Rights Watch Oral Statement - Item 6 Universal Periodic Review Outcome Adoption
Chinese Government Expands Criminalization of Taiwanese Identity
Court Guidelines Aim to Further Intimidate Taiwan’s Population
![Chinese authorities issued a set of guidelines on criminal punishment for "Taiwan independence separatists” during a press conference in Beijing, China, June 21, 2024.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2024/07/202407asia_taiwan_china_courtguidelines.jpg?h=a5f2f23a&itok=BwZ3zlin)
South Sudan: Damaging Security Law Revisions Adopted
President Kiir Should Reject Law and Limit Broad, Unqualified Powers
![An illustration of an eye with a captive man kneeling down in the iris](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/12/202012africa_south_sudan_nss_main.jpg?h=c3635fa2&itok=51BZAquF)
African Union Conference Addresses Pregnant and Parenting Students
Need to Adopt Human Rights-Focused Framework
The Delusion, Once Again, of a ‘Safe Zone’ in Syria
Dumping Grounds for Refugees, Where Safety is a Masquerade
![Syrian refugee trucks and cars prepare to leave Lebanon back to Syria, May 14, 2024.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2024/06/202406mena_syria_refugee_trucks.jpg?h=f2fcf546&itok=ZR5YXnCl)
Brazil Prevents Meta from Using People to Power Its AI
First Data Privacy Safeguard of Its Kind in the Country Protects Children
![Two young girls are playing with their cameras in a garden, Osterode, Germany, January 8, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2024/06/202406crd_brazil_germany_child_photographing.jpg?h=273a231d&itok=ec-Xj_bY)