Human rights in the United States and abroad were central to the issues raised throughout the presidential debate last night ...

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It united women, with the support of men, from diverse communities including Kurds, Baluchis, and other marginalized communities alongside educators, students, and activists in a collective fight for ...

For example, Human Rights Watch, among others, has documented devastating ethnic cleansing in West Darfur. Given the prevalence of such atrocities in the conflict, Human Rights Watch has called ...

It can use its presence to put Azerbaijan’s dictatorship on the spot and shift the focus to the regime’s abysmal record on human rights. Before COP29 begins ... that occurred on President Joe Biden’s ...

U.S. government agencies responsible for handing out conservation grants overseas still aren’t doing enough to protect human ...

As serious human rights violations continue to be committed in Burundi in a context of widespread impunity, and as the country prepares for legislative and presidential elections in a tense ...

Heather Barr is associate director of the Women's Rights Division at Human Rights Watch. She has researched human rights in countries including Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nepal, Papua New ...

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In August, a group of United Nations independent human rights experts expressed concern that “[r]egrettably, Australia has not directly apologised to the victims and their families or informed ...

Human Rights Watch said today. The proposals could also lead to an increase in military abuses and arbitrary detentions. The proposals are contained in four bills that legislators are expected to ...