Human Rights Watch

Why HRW is calling for an ICC inquiry into Israeli 'war crimes'

Human Rights Watch urges the necessity of an international inquiry into Israeli aggression on Gaza in May.

Rights group finds evidence of war crimes by Israel in 11-day war on Gaza

Human Rights Watch has found there were “no evident military targets” in three Israeli air strikes on Gaza and has also accused Palestinian groups of launching indiscriminate attacks on population centres.

Palestinians call for change of government at Abbas critic's funeral

Thousands of people accompanied Nizar Banat’s coffin through the streets of occupied West Bank, many of them chanting “the people want the fall of the regime” and “leave, leave Abbas”.

Afghan govt gathers local militias to halt advancing Taliban

Key politicians with background of anti-Taliban or anti-Soviet resistance are converging in their areas of influence to mobilise forces for a likely face-off with the marching Taliban. But rights groups fear such militias could become abusive force.

Why does Israel refuse to return the bodies of slain Palestinians?

Bodies of slain Palestinians killed by Israeli security forces kept in Israeli graves are identified by numbers and Human Rights Watch says they’re being used as “bargaining chips”.

South Korea failing to tackle digital sex crimes, rights group says

In 2019, almost 45 percent of sexual digital crime cases were dropped by the country’s prosecution, compared to 19 percent of robbery cases and 27.7 percent of homicides, a report by Human Rights Watch says.

HRW is contributing to a ‘human rights apocalypse’ in Kashmir

By parroting the Indian state’s narrative on the disputed territory, the rights organisation puts itself at odds with international law and misses the pattern of deliberate demographic change - or ethnic cleansing - against Kashmiri Muslims.

Amnesty pushes Iraq to reveal fate of nearly 650 missing Sunni Iraqi males

Amnesty International has asked Iraq to reveal location of 643 Sunni Muslim boys and men who disappeared during an operation by Shia paramilitaries of Hashd al Shaabi in 2016 to retake Fallujah from Daesh.

Cost of 10 years of devastating war in Syria

We look at the human and financial cost of the war according to the data from UN bodies, international NGOs and Syrian civil society groups.

Police raid in Rio de Janeiro slum leaves dozens dead

A massive police operation against drug traffickers in a Brazilian favela left 25 people dead, turning a Rio de Janeiro neighbourhood into a battlefield and drawing condemnation from rights groups.

HRW: Israel committing 'crime of apartheid' against Palestinians

The report released just weeks after the International Criminal Court's prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said that she would formally investigate war crimes in the Israeli-occupied areas of West Bank and Gaza. Israel's foreign ministry rejected the claims.

Rights group calls on UN to probe China for crimes against humanity

Human Rights Watch urges the UN Human Rights Commission to create a body to investigate allegations, including the mass detention of Uighur Muslims and a crackdown on religious practices that amount to crimes against humanity.