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April 14, 2025 Statement

Türkiye: Attacks on the Legal Profession Unacceptable

Moves Undermine the Independence of Lawyers and the Rule of Law

April 14, 2025 News Release

UN Landmines Resolution Highlights Human Rights Impact

Historic Rights Council Action Sends Message to States Reconsidering Mine Ban Treaty

April 14, 2025 News Release

EU-PA Dialogue Should Focus on Palestinians’ Rights

Escalating Repression Under Israel’s Occupation and the Palestinian Authority

European Union's foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas (L) and Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa at a press conference following their meeting in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, March 24, 2025.

April 14, 2025 News Release

EU Border Agency: Use Aerial Surveillance to Save Lives at Sea

Petition Shows Support for Action by Frontex

Iskra Kirova, Europe and Central Asia advocacy director at Human Rights Watch, in front of the Frontex headquarters in Warsaw, Poland, April 2, 2025.

April 13, 2025 Feature

The Sudan Conflict, 2 Years On

Des millions de vies brisées ; des dizaines de milliers de civils décédés

April 13, 2025 News Release

Sudan: After 2 Years of War, Global Action Needed

Focus on Protecting Civilians, Aid Access, Accountability

damage surrounding Al-Shaab Teaching Hospital

April 13, 2025 Report

China: Police Arrest Tibetans for Internet, Phone Use

Mass Cellphone Searches, ‘Anti-Fraud’ App, Tightened Regulatory Regime

A Tibetan Buddhist monk and a woman share a mobile phone outside the Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China, on June 1, 2021.

April 13, 2025 Report

Mozambique: No Arrests in Post-Election Political Killings

Conduct Effective Investigations, Fair Prosecutions

April 11, 2025 Dispatches

Civilians Around Sudan’s El Fasher Face New Attacks

Governments Should Ensure Civilian Protection, Safe Movement

Displaced people who fled the Zamzam camp, gather near the town of Tawila in North Darfur, Sudan, February 14, 2025.

April 11, 2025 Commentary

Sweden, EU should take action to stop Israel’s atrocities in Gaza

Op-ed by Human Rights Watch, Diakonia and Act Church of Sweden

April 11, 2025 Statement

Human Rights Watch Submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Right to a Clean, Healthy and Sustainable Environment

Environmental Impact Assessments, Strategic Environmental Impact Assessments and the Right to a Clean, Healthy and Sustainable Environment

April 11, 2025 News Release

US/El Salvador: Venezuelan Deportees Forcibly Disappeared

Disclose Fate of all Detainees; End Incommunicado Detention

Relatives of Venezuelan migrants deported from the US to a maximum security prison in El Salvador attend a vigil in front of the El Salvadoran embassy in Caracas on April 2, 2025.

April 10, 2025 Dispatches

Instead of Addressing Child Abuse Prevention, Trump Attacks Trans Youth

US Officials Should Prioritize Protecting Children from Genuine Harms

People attend a rally in Union Square supporting transgender youth, New York City, US, February 8, 2025.

April 10, 2025 Dispatches

The Trump Administration’s Assaults on Black History

Curtailing Truth Obscures Racism’s Historic Legacy

April 10, 2025 Report

New Data Exposes Global Healthcare Funding Inequalities

World Health Day a Clarion Call to Improve Public Health Funding

A client waits to be seen by a doctor during an HIV clinic day at TASO Mulago service center in Kampala, Uganda, February 17, 2025.

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