August 2, 2021

Evidence implicates senior Lebanese officials in the August 4, 2020, explosion in Beirut that killed 218 people, but systemic problems in Lebanon’s legal and political system are allowing them to avoid accountability, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The UN Human Rights Council should mandate an investigation, and countries with Global Magnitsky and similar human rights and corruption sanctions regimes should sanction officials implicated in ongoing violations of human rights resulting from the August 4 explosion and efforts to undermine accountability.

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  • August 8, 2022 Audio

    Art and Activism #ExitInterviews

    In the fifth of Ken Roth’s Exit Interviews, Ken Roth is joined by artist Ai Weiwei for a discussion of art and activism.
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  • August 4, 2022 Audio

    Human Rights in the United States #ExitInterviews

    In the fourth of Ken Roth’s Exit Interviews, HRW is joined by ACLU Executive Director Anthony Romero to discuss the current state of human rights in the US, and how the rights landscape has changed in the last 30 years.
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  • July 21, 2022 Audio

    China, Hong Kong, and the future of human rights #ExitInterviews

    In the second of Ken Roth’s Exit Interviews, we have a conversation on human rights in China and Hong Kong. Are the human rights abuses in China unique? What direction is the world —and China — going? With HRW senior China researcher Maya Wang and activist and lawmaker Nathan Law.
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  • July 18, 2022 Audio

    International Criminal Justice Day 2022: What now?

    To mark International Criminal Justice Day, HRW is joined by partners from Liberia, Syria, Palestine, and Nigeria to discuss accountability for serious crimes and how governments can strengthen the international justice system.
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  • July 15, 2022 Audio

    Sri Lanka in turmoil

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