Click to expand Image A damaged building is on fire after an Israeli airstrike in Beirut’s southern suburb of Haret Hreik, March 2, 2026. © 2026 AFP via Getty Images (Beirut) – Civilians are at grave risk of abuse as the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hezbollah escalates, Human Rights Watch said today. In the […]
Click to expand Image Employees of the Hungarian radio station Klubrádió work at its headquarters in Budapest, Hungary, February 6, 2025. © 2025 Bernadett Szabo/Reuters In an important judgment for media freedom, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on February 26 ruled that Hungary violated EU law when it stripped independent radio station Klubrádió […]
Click to expand Image A memorial service for Zweli ‘Khabazela’ Mkhize, activist and treasurer of Abahlali baseMjondolo’s (AbM) eNkanini branch in Gauteng, South Africa, February 19, 2026. © 2026 Noma Masiko-Mpaka/Human Rights Watch Two unknown assailants shot and killed housing rights activist Zweli ‘Khabazela’ Mkhize on February 12. Treasurer of the eNkanini branch of Abahlali baseMjondolo, […]
Click to expand Image The late Sisay Luangmonda (widely known by his social media name Bao Mor Khaen). © Private (Bangkok) – Lao authorities should urgently and impartially investigate the suspicious death of an outspoken critic of the government and appropriately prosecute those responsible, Human Rights Watch said today. On February 20, 2026, the body […]
Click to expand Image © 2021 John Holmes for Human Rights Watch (Sydney) – Australia’s government should invest in community-based alternatives to immigration detention rather than spending millions of dollars per person each year on its abusive offshore regime, Human Rights Watch said in a recent submission to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee […]
Click to expand Image Activists and representatives of the European Citizens’ Initiative “My Voice, My Choice” hold a press conference at Press Club Brussels Europe, presenting their campaign for safe and accessible abortion across the EU, after meeting with the European Commission, Brussels, Belgium, October, 1, 2025. © 2025 Wiktor Dabkowski/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock On Thursday, […]
The Algerian authorities must ensure the upcoming retrial of 94 people in connection with the August 2021 events in the Kabylie region, in northeastern Algeria, adheres strictly to international fair trial standards without recourse to the death penalty and excluding any torture-tainted statements, Amnesty International said today. On 1 March 2026, 94 individuals will face […]
Responding to the presentation of a report by the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan (CHRSS) on Friday 27 February to the UN Human Rights Council that documents the deteriorating human rights situation in the country, Amnesty International’s Regional Director for East and Southern Africa Tigere Chagutah said; “The report by the Commission on […]
Click to expand Image People walk past a campaign poster of Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in a market in Cairo ahead of the presidential election, December 7, 2023. © 2023 Khaled Desouki/AFP via Getty Images In an overdue but welcome step, Egypt’s Ministry of Finance has published data showing state owned enterprises, following 2024 tax […]
As Trump tears down renewable energy, once again, Mozambique bears the brunt of climate harm caused by fossil fuel producers. By Tigere Chagutah In his address to the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos on 21 January, US President Donald Trump argued against renewable energy solutions. In a wide-ranging speech, he described them as a “green new […]
