Human Rights Watch

Rights group says Cambodian land program flawed

5 days ago

"Tith Sothea, a government spokesman, described the report as "baseless" and "garbage," and accused Human Rights Watch Asia director Brad Adams of "never speaking positively about Cambodia."

Rights group calls Egypt draft NGO law restrictive

19 days ago

"This draft law dashes all hopes that independent groups could operate freely and independently after the revolution," said Sarah Leah Whitson, HRW's Middle East and North Africa Director.

Report: Torture evidence found in Syrian prisons

32 days ago

The HRW said its researchers found physical evidence that Syrians were tortured, including with a device which former detainees said was used to stretch or bend victims' arms and legs.

Human Rights Watch activist Brown dies in NY at 60

33 days ago

Human Rights Watch says it strives to protect human rights worldwide by focusing attention where those rights are violated and giving voice to the oppressed.

HRW: Sex workers in China subject to police abuse

36 days ago

"In China, the police often act as if by engaging in sex work, women had forfeited their rights," Sophie Richardson, China director at Human Rights Watch, said in a statement accompanying the report.

Myanmar charges 6 Muslims with sectarian violence

42 days ago

Human Rights Watch said it was seriously concerned about a "lack of accountability for crimes committed against Muslim communities.

Rights group urges more backing in Iraq raid probe

46 days ago

It did not talk to soldiers who were at the scene because it claims it was prevented from doing so by their superior officers, according to Human Rights Watch.

Sex-offender registries: Should kids be listed?

49 days ago

Human Rights Watch said its report, being released Wednesday, is the most comprehensive examination to date of the impact that registry laws have on juvenile sex offenders.

Half of girls in South Sudan forced to marry

102 days ago

Human Rights Watch said that in South Sudan there is a "near total lack of protection" for victims who try to resist marriage or to leave abusive marriages.

Rights group: Tamil suspects raped by government

112 days ago

Human Rights Watch said most of the victims spoke to them outside of Sri Lanka, and it corroborated their accounts with medical and legal reports.

Group: Syrian regime missiles kill 140 in Aleppo

112 days ago

A Human Rights Watch researcher who visited Aleppo last week to inspect the targeted sites, said up to 20 buildings were destroyed in each area hit by a missile.

Mexico's 'enforced disappearances' draw scrutiny

118 days ago

Mexico has become the Western Hemisphere's hot spot for "enforced disappearances," in which police or the military arrest citizens who are never seen again, Human Rights Watch said Wednesday.

Report: Mexico disappearances constitute 'crisis'

118 days ago

Human Rights Watch criticizes former President Felipe Calderon for ignoring the problem, calling it "the most severe crisis of enforced disappearances in Latin America in decades.

Rights group lashes Mexico over huge crisis of 'disappeared'

118 days ago

"A mother whose son was abducted outside of her home in March 2011 told Human Rights Watch that whenever she met with the investigator in charge of the case, he began their conversation the same way.

Mounties alleged to have abused aboriginal girls

125 days ago

Janice Armstrong said Wednesday the force has been unable to investigate because complainants have not come forward since Human Rights Watch approached it about the charges five months ago.

India faulted for failing to curb child sex abuse

132 days ago

"Shockingly the very institutions that should protect vulnerable children can place them at risk of horrific child sexual abuse," said Meenakshi Ganguly, South Asia director, Human Rights Watch.

Migrant workers at Sochi Olympic sites face abuses

132 days ago

Simonov and Human Rights Watch list the withholding of wages, the failure to provide employment contracts and excessive working hours as the most common rights violations that migrants in Sochi face.

Human Rights Watch, U.S. reject report that Syria used chemical weapons

153 days ago

Human Rights Watch, U.S. reject report that Syria used chemical weapons

Rights groups condemn crackdown on TV channel

157 days ago

The organizations Human Rights Watch and Reporters Without Borders are criticizing the government's actions against the country's only staunchly anti-Chavez channel, Globovision.