![Joseph Bell (left) and Remi King at the California Legislature Building to advocate for passage of SB 300, which would remove the current requirement that anyone convicted under the felony murder rule receive either a death sentence or life without parole.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/06/202306usp_usa_lwop_joseph_bell_california_capitol_blur.jpg?h=f92c19a1&itok=oHqLyaLl)
![Joseph Bell (left) and Remi King at the California Legislature Building to advocate for passage of SB 300, which would remove the current requirement that anyone convicted under the felony murder rule receive either a death sentence or life without parole.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/06/202306usp_usa_lwop_joseph_bell_california_capitol_blur.jpg?h=f92c19a1&itok=oHqLyaLl)
Report Finds US Government Failed Meatpacking Workers During Pandemic
Federal Watchdog Calls for New Health and Safety Standards
![A mural on a slaughterhouse, Vernon, California, May 26, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/06/202306usp_usa_meatpacking_plant_covid.jpg?h=56d0ca2e&itok=omaDaecH)
US: Californians Once Facing Life without Parole Give Back
Landmark Decisions for Release Result in Stronger Communities
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Syrians in Passport Limbo During Assad’s Victory Lap
Hold on Renewals Puts Livelihoods at Risk
![Syrians line up to apply for passports inside of the Embassy of Syria in Amman, Jordan, September 15, 2015.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/06/202306mena_jordan_syria_passports_consulate.jpg?h=04c7227e&itok=S7Ph5lb8)
Venezuela: ICC Investigation Gets Go-Ahead
Regional Support Essential to Ensure Justice for Serious Crimes
![ICC permanent premises](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201903ij_hague_icc8.jpg?itok=1PHTo9tZ)
Joint Letter: UN Human Rights Council Should Urgently Respond to Rights Violations at International Borders
HRW joins more than 200 organizations to urge the UN Human Rights Council to establish an independent monitoring mechanism at and around borders - HRC53
UN Chief’s ‘List of Shame’ Adds Russia, Omits Israel
Mixed Message Sent About Abuses Against Children in Armed Conflict
![A three-story house that reportedly had 30 members of one Palestinian family destroyed by Israeli airstrikes, in the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood of Gaza, May 13, 2023.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/06/202306mena_palestine_home_destroyed_airstrikes_gaza.jpg?h=52fef96a&itok=QhZRLKET)
Kyrgyzstan: Attacks on Media, Free Expression
Reject Bills for Censorship, Repression of LGBT Rights
![A protester holds a sign saying “don’t scare everyone” during a rally for freedom of speech and freedom for political prisoners in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan on November 25, 2022.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/12/202212eca_Kyrgyzstan_WR.jpg?h=0314bef2&itok=TSlOl1AZ)
Imagination Needed to End Loneliness in Older Age
![FloreFlorence Limekaya, 79, in her one-room home at the Helen Joseph Women’s Hostel](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/06/202306afr_drd_southafrica_florence.jpg?h=b39c5fef&itok=bgoDDO_b)
South Africa: Older People Lack Basic Care, Support
Put Law Into Practice So All Can Live With Dignity
![Nozala Ndoyana, 84, in front of her home](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/06/202306afr_drd_southafrica_nozala.jpg?h=b39c5fef&itok=pkK-vTmb)
HRW Highlights Need for Concrete Follow Up on UN Xinjiang Report, Rights Crisis in India and Spiraling Situation in Darfur
HRW Statement - Item 2 Interactive Dialogue on the annual report of the High Commissioner on Human Rights - HRC53
![Delegates attend the opening day of the 50th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/11/202211asia_india_unhrc.jpg?h=9645026a&itok=P3e1CXuL)
Turkey: Mass Detentions at Pride Marches
Conflict With Court Decisions on Right to Free Assembly
![In defiance of a ban on all Pride events in Istanbul and full police lockdown, demonstrators assembled in the backstreets of Nişantaşı neighborhood near Taksim, Istanbul, Turkey, June 25, 2023.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/06/202306lgbt_turkey_pride_demonstrators_istanbul.jpeg?h=56d0ca2e&itok=YLjaPL3m)
Algeria: Free People Held After Activist Fled
Relatives, Journalist, Scholar Jailed in Apparent Retribution
![Algerian activist Amira Bouraoui in Algiers, April 14, 2014.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/06/202306mena_algeria_amira_bouraoui.jpg?h=06ac0d8c&itok=2_LXuYuW)