A nightmare for Indigenous people and other communities on the Abacaxis riverbanks in the Brazilian Amazon began on August 3, 2020. That day, three private boats arrived in the town of Nova Olinda do ...

A nightmare for Indigenous people and other communities on the Abacaxis riverbanks in the Brazilian Amazon began on August 3, 2020. That day, three private boats arrived in the town of Nova Olinda do ...

O Talibã do Afeganistão consolidou uma das piores crises de direitos humanos do mundo e desmantelou sistematicamente os direitos das mulheres e meninas desde que assumiu o poder há cinco anos.

Estados Unidos y Ecuador están profundizando su cooperación en materia de seguridad en un contexto marcado por graves violaciones de derechos humanos cometidas por fuerzas ecuatorianas, ataques con dr...

La erosión del Estado de derecho ayuda a explicar el desencanto generalizado que atraviesa el país

Hungary’s parliament voted overwhelmingly on June 30 to abolish the Sovereignty Protection Office, an institution created by the previous Fidesz government to target independent journalists, civil soc...

The acting governor of the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro should seek passage of a bill for independent forensic services in the state and take additional measures to strengthen forensic analysis, ...

O governador em exercício do estado do Rio de Janeiro deveria promover a aprovação de um projeto de lei para garantir a independência da perícia criminal no estado e adotar medidas adicionais para for...

This week was supposed to be a step forward for Brazil: Resolution 310—a crucial resolution requiring that prosecutors lead investigations into police killings and that those investigations comply wit...

The Interior Department reached a settlement to pay France’s TotalEnergies not to pursue two offshore wind farms but direct the investments toward fossil fuels.

Las autoridades brasileñas deben adoptar nuevas estrategias de seguridad pública que desmantelen las organizaciones criminales y sus presuntos vínculos con agentes estatales, mejoren las investigacion...

As autoridades brasileiras deveriam adotar novas estratégias de segurança pública que desmantelem as organizações criminosas e suas supostas ligações com agentes do Estado, promovam investigações crim...

The killing of a woman in Minneapolis by a federal immigration officer on January 7 was unjustifiable, Human Rights Watch said today. Two videos of the incident shared on social media, verified by Hum...

Supremo julga, nesta quarta, quatro ações que questionam a constitucionalidade do marco temporal para as demarcações

Um mês após a operação policial mais letal da história do Rio de Janeiro, o Comando Vermelho, a facção que era alvo da operação, continua controlando os complexos do Alemão e da Penha. Enquanto isso, ...

A month after the deadliest police raid in Rio de Janeiro’s history, the Red Command, the organized crime group that was the target of the operation, continues to control the Alemão and Penha neighbor...

A month after the deadliest police raid in Rio de Janeiro’s history, the Red Command, the organized crime group that was the target of the operation, continues to control the Alemão and Penha neighbor...

Governo conseguiu acordo para adiar a votação de parte dos vetos.

Brazil’s Congress should reject proposals to dismantle environmental licensing requirements and to revoke a plan to protect human rights defenders.

Brazil’s Congress should reject proposals to dismantle environmental licensing requirements and to revoke a plan to protect human rights defenders.

O Congresso deveria rejeitar tentativas de desmantelar o licenciamento ambiental e de suspender o Plano Nacional de Proteção aos Defensores dos Direitos Humanos.

Rio de Janeiro police have failed to take crucial investigative steps to determine the circumstances of the killing of at least 121 people, including four police officers, during a raid in low-income,...

Rio de Janeiro police have failed to take crucial investigative steps to determine the circumstances of the killing of at least 121 people, including four police officers, during a raid in low-income,...

A polícia do Rio de Janeiro não adotou medidas investigatórias cruciais para determinar as circunstâncias da morte das pelo menos 121 pessoas, incluindo quatro policiais, mortas durante uma operação n...

Más de 130 muertos dejó un operativo policial de magnitudes nunca antes vistas en Río de Janeiro. Expertos cuestionan los métodos y la eficacia de la acción y piden investigar lo sucedido.

Es war die größte und gewalttätigste Razzia gegen die organisierte Drogenkartelle von Rio de Janeiro. Viele Tote und Verletzte auf beiden Seiten, zahlreiche Verletzte. Human Rights Watch spricht von e...

About 2,500 Brazilian police and soldiers have launched a massive raid on a criminal gang in Rio de Janeiro and arrested 81 suspects while sparking shootouts that left at least 60 suspects dead.

Sri Lanka’s tax policies played a driving role in the country’s devastating 2022 economic crisis and have contributed to the chronic underfunding of education and other public services.

Fifteen organizations including Human Rights Watch sent letters to European Union officials and lawmakers this week pressing the European Commission to follow through on its commitments to stop the ex...

O governador do estado do Rio de Janeiro deveria vetar as disposições de um novo projeto de lei que daria à Polícia Civil um incentivo econômico para matar suspeitos e enfraqueceria a perícia criminal...

The governor of the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro should veto provisions in a new bill that would give civil police an economic incentive to kill suspects and would weaken forensic analysis, Human...

The governor of the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro should veto provisions in a new bill that would give civil police an economic incentive to kill suspects and would weaken forensic analysis, Human...

United States President Donald Trump’s September 25, 2025, memorandum directing law enforcement to investigate a sprawling, imaginary conspiracy to foment political violence in the United States is a ...

La asamblea legislativa del estado de Rio de Janeiro aprobó una ley que otorga primas a ciertos policías si matan a criminales, lo que desató la indignación de los defensores de los derechos humanos.

Similar legislation introduced in Rio in mid-1990s caused an explosion of extrajudicial killings in the city’s favelas