South Africa: Toxic Rhetoric Endangers Migrants
Stop Scapegoating Foreign Nationals Ahead of Elections
![Protestors demonstrate in front of the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) against xenophobia and vigilantism in the country, Johannesburg, during Africa Day, May 25, 2022.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2024/05/202405afr_southafrica_protest.jpg?h=ac778ff2&itok=XQ3LtptM)
Liberia’s Compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights: Joint Follow-Up Report on Impunity and Past Human Rights Violations
For the 141st Session of the Human Rights Committee Follow-up to concluding observations 01 July – 02 August 2024
Cambodia: UN Review Should Assail Loss of Freedoms
Member Countries Should Seek Meaningful Reforms from Hun Manet’s Government
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A Critical Week for Environmental Rights in Southeast Asia
ASEAN Should Fill Gaps on Indigenous Rights, Corporate Accountability in New Declaration
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It Is Our Moral Calling to Stand With Wrongly Imprisoned Russian Playwright and Director
![Director Yevgenia Berkovich and playwright Svetlana Petriychuk in the Khamovniki District Court, in Moscoa, Russia on June 9, 2023.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2024/05/202405eca_russia_Berkovich_and_Petriychuk.jpg?h=1e81d15b&itok=9o9aGn8W)
Arrest Warrant Issued for Former Central African Republic President
Time for Bozizé to Face Justice; Guinea-Bissau Should Facilitate Extradition
![François Bozizé, former president of the Central African Republic, seated](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2024/05/202405africa_car_bozize.jpg?h=0d27ee61&itok=kKx6ck2f)
Nigerian Military Should Provide Details of Investigation into Deadly Airstrike
Ensure Transparency, Reparations for Victims
![Nigerian Chief of Army Staff Lt. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, center, with other community leaders at the grave side where victims of an army drone attack were buried in Tudun Biri village, Nigeria, December 5, 2023.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/12/202312africa_Nigeria_Airstrikes.jpg?h=d5895ce4&itok=sI9W0L9N)
Attacks Target Afghanistan’s Hazaras
Inadequate Protection Provided for Community Long at Risk
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France: Macron Should Stand Firm on Rights in China
Xi Jinping’s Visit a Chance to Address Chinese Government’s Grave Abuses
![French President Emmanuel Macron and China's President Xi Jinping](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2024/05/202405eca_asia_france_china_xinjping_macron.jpg?h=8c1344d8&itok=XWr-UXDM)
Human Rights Watch Launches Podcast
‘Rights & Wrongs’ Tells Stories from Human Rights Hotspots Around the Globe
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Recognizing Journalists Living in Exile
Human Rights Press Awards Spotlight Exiled Newsrooms Reporting on Asia
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Asia: 2024 Human Rights Press Awards
Top Prizes for Reporting on Suicide Among Afghan Women, Persecution in Myanmar
![The staff of the newspaper Etilaat Roz, keep on working even after the Taliban took control of the country, in Kabul, Afghanistan, September 19, 2021.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2024/05/202404asia_afghanistan_Etilaat_Roz.jpg?h=790be497&itok=orcx80XS)
Tajikistan: Forcibly Disappeared Opponent Allegedly Tortured
Provide Whereabouts, Urgent Medical Care; and Release Activist
![Suhrob Zafar](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201804eca_turkey_nasimjonsharipov_.jpg?itok=k8vLfV6m)
Nepal's Opportunity to Protect Children in New Budget
Extending Universal Child Grant Program Would Enhance Social Protection, Strengthen Country’s Future
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