(Istanbul) – A new law on Turkey ’s National Intelligence Agency greatly increases its surveillance powers while threatening journalists who expose its abuses with prison terms, Human Rights Watch said today. The law would decrease state accountability, media freedom, and the rig…
IV. THE “GILDED CAGE” OF THE DOM REBYONKA: INFANCY TO FOUR YEARS 116 You'll see a child lying on a cot staring at the ceiling, obviously in terrible need of love—I have heard the staff say in all innocence to me, "We told the mother ‘don't bother to come to visit.’ The child does…
(New York) – Government inaction in response to the economic fallout of the Covid-19 pandemic has drastically exacerbated Turkmenistan ’s pre-existing food crisis, Human Rights Watch and the Turkmenistan Initiative for Human Rights (TIHR) said today. Shortages of subsidized food,…
Tajikistan’s abysmal human rights record deteriorated further in 2018. Tajik authorities jailed government critics, including opposition activists, journalists, and relatives of peaceful dissidents abroad, for lengthy prison terms on politically-motivated grounds. The crackdown o…
(Washington, DC) - The United Nations Human Rights Committee (HRC) has found the Turkmen government responsible for the torture and death of a human rights activist, the Prove They are Alive Campaign! said today. The activist, Ogulsapar Muradova, died in state custody in 2006, af…
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Turkmenistan made no improvements to its dire human rights record in 2023. The country remains closed to international scrutiny. Authorities continue to suppress fundamental rights and freedoms, including freedoms of religion, movement, expression, and association. Recent politic…
(Johannesburg) – The United States’ recent expulsions of third-country nationals to Eswatini , Ghana, Rwanda , and South Sudan have exposed several hundred people to a risk of arbitrary detention, ill-treatment, and refoulement, Human Rights Watch said today. The opaque deals tha…
(New York) – Chinese authorities are building and deploying a predictive policing program based on big data analysis in Xinjiang, Human Rights Watch said today. The program aggregates data about people – often without their knowledge – and flags those it deems potentially threate…
Azerbaijan’s human rights record did not improve in 2022. In May, authorities released more than 20 individuals imprisoned on politically motivated and bogus charges. But at least 30 others remained wrongfully imprisoned while authorities continued to target its critics and other…
…dom-Ackerman is Chairperson of the advisory committee. Web Site Address: http://www.hrw.org Listserv address: To subscribe to the list, send a blank e-mail message to hrw-news-asia-subscribe@topica.email-publisher.com . Human Rights Watch interview with H.D., Kabul, March 13, 200…
BELARUS AND THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY As President Lukashenka's rule has grown increasingly undemocratic, the Republic of Belarus has become isolated from the international community. The United States, the countries of Western Europe and many international organizations saw th…
In many Eastern European and Central Asian countries, media discourse suffers from the freedom of expression not being respected. Nonetheless, the situation is not hopeless, according to Hugh Williamson of Human Rights Watch. He shared his insights in a D+C/E+Z interview, which w…
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won the presidential elections in October at a critical time for Brazil’s democracy. Throughout his term, former President Jair Bolsonaro harassed and insulted Supreme Court justices and journalists. He tried to undermine trust in the electoral system, m…
(New York) – The Chinese government has increased its groundless prosecutions with long prison sentences for Uyghurs and other Muslims in recent years in China’s Xinjiang region, Human Rights Watch said today. Since the Chinese government escalated its repressive “Strike Hard Cam…