December 20, 2023
French Lawmakers Adopt Regressive Immigration Bill
New Legislation is an Attack on Migrants’ Rights, a Concession to the Far Right
December 20, 2023
Most of Gaza’s Population Remains Displaced and in Harm’s Way
Risk of Forced Displacement Grows
![People flee to the southern Gaza Strip along Salah al-Din Street, November 18, 2023.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/12/202312mena_palestine_displacement_gaza.jpg?h=4362216e&itok=88xOCvVu)
December 20, 2023
Inside Human Rights Watch Digital Investigation’s Lab
How HRW Uses the Latest Technology to Corroborate and Reconstruct Events and Draw Conclusions
![Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan collage](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/04/202304ccd_kyrgyzstan_tajikistan_teaser.jpg?h=2e111cc1&itok=vV4-m5N0)
December 20, 2023
Hungary vs Ukraine: how do you deal with Orbán?
![Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orban with the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen in Brussels, Belgium, February 3, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/12/202312eca_orban_eu.jpg?h=630ec0ab&itok=9gyccfBp)
December 20, 2023
What Happened Here Should Have Been a Warning, Not an Inspiration
![Asylum seekers and refugees hold placards during protest against their detention at Kangaroo Point Hotel in Brisbane, Australia, amid the Covid-19 crisis.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/06/202006asia_australia_borderforce.jpg?h=3e29a6be&itok=LXQ9nhFm)
December 20, 2023
UN Member Countries Should Resist Defunding of Human Rights
Russia, China, Sudan, Israel Among Those Trying to Gut Investigations
![The Fifth Committee of the 77th General Assembly at United Nations headquarters in New York, October 3, 2022.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/12/202312un_usa_fifth_committee.jpg?h=90d10537&itok=Q9hq3kRq)
December 20, 2023
A Win for Iranian Women Football Fans
FIFA Should End Ongoing Restrictions on Women in Stadiums
![Women wait to watch an AFC Champions League soccer match at the Azadi Stadium in Tehran, Iran, October 3, 2023.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/12/202312mena_wrd_iran_women_azadi_stadium.jpg?h=6f3285a6&itok=M3COopYF)
December 20, 2023
Russia Forces Ukrainians in Occupied Areas into Military
Compelling Ukrainian Civilians to Serve in Russian Armed Forces a War Crime
December 19, 2023
10 Good News Stories for Kids in 2023
Despite a Difficult Year, Children’s Rights Made Progress
![Rohingya refugee children in a school classroom at a refugee camp in the Cox's Bazar district of Bangladesh, March 9, 2023.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/12/202312asia_bangladesh_rohingya_school.jpg?h=a130fd67&itok=fJM7wiJx)
December 19, 2023
Azerbaijan: Prominent Opposition Figure Arrested
Tofig Yagublu Is Latest Government Critic Targeted
December 19, 2023
(Re)claiming the Right to Social Security
![A man poses for a photo with his fruit cart](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/02/202302ejr_nepal_fruitseller.jpg?h=1b6b5d13&itok=Wv2YazDY)
![Airbursts of artillery-fired white phosphorus fall over the Gaza city port, October 11, 2023.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/10/202310mena_palestine_white_phosphorous_artillery_gaza.jpg?h=8aa5fa2d&itok=Sy9D5Bpc)
December 19, 2023
Tunisia: Cybercrime Decree Used Against Critics
First Two Prison Sentences Under Tool Used to Stifle Free Speech
![The Tunisian Journalists Union (SNJT) protests against the sentencing of journalist Khalifa Guesmi to five years in prison in Tunis, Tunisia, May 18, 2023.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/12/202312mena_tunisia_decree_54_protest.jpg?h=f7d9296c&itok=RqHbGiob)