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  • Wednesday, 26 January, 2022
    Americas politics & policy
    Crisis of US democracy emboldens Latin American populists, says rights chief

    José Miguel Vivanco warns of risks to region as he steps down from Human Rights Watch for Americas

  • Friday, 21 January, 2022
    Myanmar
    Total and Chevron pull out of Myanmar gas project

    French group cites lack of progress in sanctions on gas revenues flowing to junta

  • Tuesday, 14 September, 2021
    South Korea Society
    South Korea government criticised for not protecting LGBT community

    Human Rights Watch says government inaction has led to ‘pervasive’ discrimination against group

  • Saturday, 10 April, 2021
    Watches & Jewellery
    Jewellery industry makes slow progress on responsible supply chains

    Activists remain concerned with human rights and environmental issues as part of the mining process

  • Monday, 1 March, 2021
    Xinjiang
    Biden pressed for tough response to China’s repression of Uighurs

    Some lawmakers call for boycott of winter Olympics in Beijing over its policies in Xinjiang

  • Wednesday, 9 December, 2020
    Xinjiang
    Xinjiang data platform deems people suspicious by association

    Phoning relatives abroad or reading the Koran risks detention in the western Chinese region

  • Sunday, 29 November, 2020
    Middle East
    Iraq empties camps for the displaced as military warns on Isis

    Officials say sprawling sites could become breeding grounds for extremism

  • Monday, 19 October, 2020
    North Korea
    North Korea detention like the ‘dark ages’, report says

    Rights group outlines systemic abuses as Seoul and Washington seek denuclearisation

  • Wednesday, 27 March, 2019
    Chinese politics & policy
    Chinese prosecutors take custody of ex-Interpol president

    Meng Hongwei has been found guilty of ‘severe disciplinary problems’

  • Monday, 14 January, 2019
    Carlos Ghosn
    Ghosn’s wife condemns Japan’s justice system as ‘draconian’

    Carole Ghosn writes to Human Rights Watch over husband’s ‘harsh treatment’

  • Thursday, 29 November, 2018
    Mohammed bin Salman Al-Saud
    Argentine judge moves to investigate Saudi crown prince

    Mohammed bin Salman accused of war crimes and torture by Human Rights Watch

  • Wednesday, 28 November, 2018
    Gunvor Group Ltd
    Commodity trader Gunvor to adopt UN human rights principles
  • Wednesday, 21 November, 2018
    Saudi Arabia
    Saudi activists were tortured during interrogation, say campaigners
  • Tuesday, 21 August, 2018
    World
    Rohingya refugees tortured on return to Myanmar: report
  • Wednesday, 1 August, 2018
    World
    Female activists swept up in Saudi crackdown

    Campaigners say pair detained as authorities target women’s rights groups

  • Thursday, 22 March, 2018
    Diamonds and gemstones
    Ethical concerns grow over Kimberley Process diamond charter

    The mining process insufficiently protects human rights, campaigners say

  • Thursday, 8 February, 2018
    Diamonds and gemstones
    Top jewellery brands warned on ethics behind supply chains

    Watchdog says most failing to check gold and diamonds free from human rights abuses

  • Thursday, 8 February, 2018
    Diamonds and gemstones
    Top jewellery brands failing to ensure gold, diamonds mined ethically, Human Rights Watch says
  • Tuesday, 16 January, 2018
    World
    Saudi Arabia struggles to check extremism in schools

    Flagship education scheme suspended after claims it was hijacked by Islamists

  • Wednesday, 13 December, 2017
    Chinese politics & policy
    China authorities mandated to collect DNA from Xinjiang residents 

    Police in restive region gather fingerprints, blood types, DNA and iris scans

  • Thursday, 30 November, 2017
    World
    UN questions Myanmar’s Rohingya repatriation pledge

    Knut Ostby says violence in Rakhine likely to hamper return of expelled minority

  • Wednesday, 29 November, 2017
    World
    Venezuela accused of ‘systematic’ abuse of prisoners

    Human Rights Watch says severity of crackdown under Maduro is unprecedented

  • Thursday, 9 November, 2017
    World
    The Hague to investigate crimes against humanity in Burundi

    Violence since re-election of Nkurunziza triggers move by international court

  • Tuesday, 26 September, 2017
    World
    Venezuelan politicians seek refuge abroad

    Exiled mayor David Smolansky says country has moved closer to a totalitarian regime

  • Wednesday, 20 September, 2017
    World
    Indonesia protests underline threat to free speech

    Debates on country’s violent history disrupted by ‘anti-Communist’ demonstrators

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