The following input draws from our research on women’s prisons in Japan as well as Japan’s “hostage justice” system. Based on ...

As Human Rights Watch’s executive director Tirana Hassan said this morning in response to the election results: “Donald Trump has made no secret of his intent to violate the human rights of ...

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Human Rights Watch said today. These concerns reflect Trump’s rights-abusing record during his first term, his embrace of white supremacist supporters and ideology, the extreme antidemocratic ...

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At the 79th Ordinary session of the Commission in May, Human Rights Watch raised with this Commission, the grave violations perpetrated by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied militias ...

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Human Rights Watch said today. The Burkinabè government should urgently address the need to protect civilians affected by armed conflict; safeguard civic space for activists, journalists ...

Stork, who joined Human Rights Watch in 1996 as the Middle East and North Africa Division’s advocacy director and later became the division’s deputy director, played a pivotal role in shaping ...

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