The National Human Rights Commission in Mauritius earlier this year urged the government to legally recognize same-sex marriages, stating that the refusal to recognize such unions is discriminatory an...

United States forces intercepted and destroyed eight Ecuadorian fishing vessels between August 28 and September 16, 2026, detaining over 140 of 160 crew members and abusing some.

Egyptian security forces arrested six journalists working for the independent investigative journalism platform Matsda2sh on September 28 and 29 and appear to have forcibly disappeared them.

Egyptian security forces arrested six journalists working for the independent investigative journalism platform Matsda2sh on September 28 and 29 and appear to have forcibly disappeared them.

The ongoing prosecution of two prominent human rights defenders in Greece is a politically-motivated attempt to silence their efforts to expose abuses against migrants, Human Rights Watch said today. ...

The United States and coalition countries have yet to provide genuine justice or redress for war crimes and other grave abuses in Afghanistan in the 25 years since the war began on October 7, 2001.

The Taliban’s authoritarian rule isn’t uniformly enforced. International accountability can exploit those divisions, preserving evidence for future justice while improving conditions for some Afghans ...

Without warning, Pakistan has directed all medical and dental institutions to expel Afghan students and arrange to send them back to Afghanistan. It is the latest move by Pakistani authorities to summ...

This feature compiles Human Rights Watch reporting on international human rights and humanitarian law issues by all parties during the conflict and the continuing need for accountability.

The United States and coalition countries have yet to provide genuine justice or redress for war crimes and other grave abuses in Afghanistan in the 25 years since the war began on October 7, 2001.

By Lotte Leicht

⚖️#ClimateJustice - Every #FossilFuel project comes with the same defense: Our emissions are a drop in the ocean. That defense can and should be countered. A new open-source tool, the Carbon Impacts...

Records show Vineland facility in New Jersey emitted health-harming pollution before regulators stepped in

Europe's data centers are growing fast. Why are we not allowed to see what they consume? Lighthouse Reports has filed an important complaint against the European Commission under the Aarhus Conventi...

Alpine regions in Europe experiencing extreme glacier collapse due to heat-trapping effects of fossil fuel pollution

By Felix Horne and Sophie Richardson

By Cara Schulte

By Felix Horne

⚖️ A LANDMARK LEGAL WIN FOR PEOPLE, THE PLANET, AND THE RULE OF LAW #SouthAfrica's Constitutional Court has delivered a very important ruling: #Shell's offshore oil and gas exploration right along...

It’s clear here in Silicon Valley that AI is advancing faster than humans’ ability to control it. That means even sober prophecies seem optimistic, says Guardian columnist Timothy Garton Ash

GENEVA – A UN Human Rights report published today says Israeli security forces forcibly displaced the entire Palestinian populations of three refugee camps in the occupied West Bank in January and Feb...

Philippine police on August 28 dispersed a barricade that Indigenous communities had erected in Kasibu town, Nueva Vizcaya province, and arrested 11 Indigenous protesters. Members of the Bugkalot/Ilan...

Nearly five years after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in August 2021, one issue should be beyond dispute: Afghanistan is not safe for anyone forcibly returned there. Governments are fully aware ...

It’s the height of hypocrisy to condemn Taliban abuses in one breath and cooperate in sending people back to them in the next.

A Conversation with Human Rights Watch Afghanistan Researcher Fereshta Abbasi

A Conversation with Human Rights Watch Afghanistan Researcher Fereshta Abbasi

We thank the Special Rapporteur for his latest report, which provides a stark account of developments over the past year and exposes the devastating impact of five years of Taliban policies on childre...

Omgekeerde vlaggen Alweer weken lang kunnen we “genieten” van omgekeerde vlaggen langs wegen en in velden met raaigras en mais. Het is eigenlijk een discussie die er al in 2022 was…

Five European countries plan to send rejected asylum seekers to offshore return hubs outside the EU next year, but copying the Australian approach is likely to...