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Human Rights Watch | Defending Human Rights Worldwide
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Human Rights Watch defends the rights of people in 100 countries worldwide, spotlighting abuses and bringing perpetrators to justice
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...ion_protest.JPG?h=22c6fced&itok=f4ruWjC8Ukrainians protest near the presidential office in the capital Kyiv against a newly passed law that curbs the independence of anti- corruption institutions, the first protest of its kind since Russia’s full scale invasion of Ukraine, July 22, 2025.
..._change_icj.jpg?h=9fe24eb1&itok=p3qxxl_ZRalph Regenvanu, Vanuatu's minister for climate change, speaks surrounded by demonstrators at the International Court of Justice ahead of an advisory opinion on what legal obligations nations have to address climate change in The Hague, Netherlands, July 23, 2025.
...arrest_duma.jpg?h=69ecb39e&itok=xK968Yg7Police detain an activist in front of the State Duma, the lower house of the Russian parliament, in Moscow, Russia, July 22, 2025, before lawmakers approved a bill that punishes online searches for information that is deemed "extremist."
...nds_icc_car.jpg?h=f1d3d604&itok=JTxMoTOuAlfred Yékatom, left, and Patrice-Edouard Ngaïssona, right, taken on Nov. 23, 2018 and Jan. 25, 2019 respectively when they appeared before the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands.
...es_demining.jpg?h=9eb0d413&itok=tqoCPEmOA humanitarian deminer at work in Mykolaiv region,Ukraine, April 16, 2025.
...iy Shabunin.jpg?h=6e5299a0&itok=QoRyvU2IVitaliy Shabunin during a hearing in his case at the Pecherskyi District Court in Kyiv, Ukraine, on July 15, 2025.
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...ndocumented.JPG?h=790be497&itok=DxjlATnpPolice officers detain alleged undocumented Bangladeshi nationals after they were arrested during raids in Ahmedabad, India, April 26, 2025.
...tnam_prisoners_collage.jpg?itok=GyOWWLvePolitical prisoners in Vietnam
...men_houthi_strike_ship.jpg?itok=JxDUcrmoThe Eternity C sinks after it was struck by a Houthi missile on July 8, 2025, on the Red Sea.
...alnutrition.jpg?h=2992ba0a&itok=lx2DAEx-A woman consoles her 6-year-old daughter, who is malnourished, at a shelter in central Gaza City, on May 11, 2025.
...amed_Bazoum.jpg?h=ac778ff2&itok=RycmIIktFormer Niger President Mohamed Bazoum at the Elysee Palace in Paris, February 16, 2023.
...destruction.jpg?h=790be497&itok=DYqNNd11A boy stands amid the ruins of a collapsed building following Israeli bombardment in the Bureij camp for Palestinian refugees in the central Gaza Strip, May 23, 2025.
...rity_forces.jpg?h=27de668d&itok=p9SkNHBxSyrian government security forces stand atop an earth barrier that they created as a buffer during their deployment in Busra al-Harir in Syria’s southern Daraa province on July 21, 2025.
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...lley_smoke.jpeg?h=ac778ff2&itok=Ojtx1e9QSmoke rises from a plant in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley, October 18, 2023.
...landmine_jody_williams.jpg?itok=ryiWEXLuThe winner of the Nobel Peace Prize Jody Williams bows in front of Cambodian Tun Channereth, who holds the International Campaign to Ban Landmines diploma and medal, on her way to receive the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo City Hall, December 10, 1997.
...vinceswin_0.jpg?h=2240b8e9&itok=MJr3HwQ7This is a list with checkmarks next to the names of Canada's ten provinces to show their ending of immigration detention in jails. There is a question mark next to the word "Federal."
...ion_at_home.jpg?h=b8a8b93a&itok=k5H-bfbfA girl studies online at home during Covid-19 school closures in Berlin.
...s_activists.JPG?h=08b866d1&itok=6cRZCWBAMarite Fernández and disability rights adovocates demonstrate before the Mexican Senate demanding the right to full legal capacity, Mexico City, Mexico, 2007.
...victimswalkingtocourt.jpeg?itok=OnRTzlXwVictims turned victors
...act_protest.jpg?h=c6980913&itok=a0ZQNFGBSupporters of Equality Act Japan gather in front of parliament
...arrest_duma.jpg?h=69ecb39e&itok=2psREgklPolice detain an activist in front of the State Duma, the lower house of the Russian parliament, in Moscow, Russia, July 22, 2025, before lawmakers approved a bill that punishes online searches for information that is deemed "extremist."
...ericas_brazil_picture1.jpg?itok=w7TlVp_IDeforested area within the Governador Indigenous Land,
...ndocumented.JPG?h=790be497&itok=BOENVwa-Police officers detain alleged undocumented Bangladeshi nationals after they were arrested during raids in Ahmedabad, India, April 26, 2025.
...strike_ship.jpg?h=3542c8f9&itok=GNCmcJvtThe Eternity C sinks after it was struck by a Houthi missile on July 8, 2025, on the Red Sea.
...amed_Bazoum.jpg?h=ac778ff2&itok=vGFl4qbAFormer Niger President Mohamed Bazoum at the Elysee Palace in Paris, February 16, 2023.
...d_infantino.jpg?h=790be497&itok=gppzW4cgUS President Donald Trump holds up an executive order alongside President of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) Gianni Infantino in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, March 7, 2025.
..._change_icj.jpg?h=9fe24eb1&itok=a_5-2kgbRalph Regenvanu, Vanuatu's minister for climate change, speaks surrounded by demonstrators at the International Court of Justice ahead of an advisory opinion on what legal obligations nations have to address climate change in The Hague, Netherlands, July 23, 2025.
...arrest_duma.jpg?h=69ecb39e&itok=2psREgklPolice detain an activist in front of the State Duma, the lower house of the Russian parliament, in Moscow, Russia, July 22, 2025, before lawmakers approved a bill that punishes online searches for information that is deemed "extremist."
...arrest_duma.jpg?h=69ecb39e&itok=2psREgklPolice detain an activist in front of the State Duma, the lower house of the Russian parliament, in Moscow, Russia, July 22, 2025, before lawmakers approved a bill that punishes online searches for information that is deemed "extremist."
...nds_icc_car.jpg?h=f1d3d604&itok=z8mPQVhWAlfred Yékatom, left, and Patrice-Edouard Ngaïssona, right, taken on Nov. 23, 2018 and Jan. 25, 2019 respectively when they appeared before the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands.
...es_demining.jpg?h=87702c52&itok=2pql9JEQA humanitarian deminer at work in Mykolaiv region, Ukraine, April 16, 2025.
...alnutrition.jpg?h=2992ba0a&itok=KL_5DEV-A woman consoles her 6-year-old daughter, who is malnourished, at a shelter in central Gaza City, on May 11, 2025.
...alnutrition.jpg?h=2992ba0a&itok=KL_5DEV-A woman consoles her 6-year-old daughter, who is malnourished, at a shelter in central Gaza City, on May 11, 2025.
...destruction.jpg?h=790be497&itok=-5quBO0AA boy stands amid the ruins of a collapsed building following Israeli bombardment in the Bureij camp for Palestinian refugees in the central Gaza Strip, May 23, 2025.
...rity_forces.jpg?h=27de668d&itok=fHZXXy7uSyrian government security forces stand atop an earth barrier that they created as a buffer during their deployment in Busra al-Harir in Syria’s southern Daraa province on July 21, 2025.
...llustration.jpg?h=49ab6177&itok=2UC30t6Uillustration of detainees in a crowded processing room
...ter_semenya.jpg?h=a7484c66&itok=ucjnC5ydSouth Africa's Caster Semenya (C), answers reporters with lawyers Gregory Nott (L) , and Shona Jolly KC after Semenya won a partial victory at the European Court of Human Rights on in her seven-year legal fight against track and field's sex eligibility rules Strasbourg, eastern France, July 10, 2025.
...ica_end_gbv.jpg?h=b2774bcf&itok=K3s3vmHMProtesters march against gender-based violence in front of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, South Africa, September 13, 2019.
...lley_smoke.jpeg?h=ac778ff2&itok=urFZpKnbSmoke rises from a plant in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley, October 18, 2023.
...ers_jobfair.jpg?h=44b66c65&itok=eihgCmYMOlder people look at a recruitment bulletin board at a job fair
...uk_benefits.jpg?h=96924c39&itok=vUOD2vDYDisability rights activists march in London against social security cuts as the UK’s Chancellor Rachel Reeves presents her “Spring Statement” or mini-budget, March 26, 2025.
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...ali_drought.jpg?h=ac778ff2&itok=bbNln_kVChildren and women run among a cloud of dust at the village of El Gel, in Ethiopia’s Somali region, on January 12, 2023. The last five rainy seasons since the end of 2020 have failed, triggering the worst drought in four decades in Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya.

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H3 Gender Apartheid Should Be an International Crime
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H3 Niger: Two Years On, Ex-President Still Arbitrarily Detained Duplicate text
H3 Mali: Army, Wagner Group Disappear, Execute Fulani Civilians
H3 Angola: Police Use Excessive Force Against Peaceful Protesters
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H3 US Imposes Sanctions on UN Special Rapporteur
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H3 Ethiopian Doctor Arrested After Health Worker Strike
H3 US Congress Moves to Weaken Controls on ‘Super-Toxics’
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H3 Ecuador: Public Integrity Law Endangers Children
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H3 A Disappointing Ruling in Italy with a Silver Lining
H3 Greece's Asylum Suspension Denies Rights, Puts Lives at Risk
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/americas/venezuelaVenezuela
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