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International Human Rights Watchdog Reports Torture and Abuse of Venezuelans in El Salvador's CECOT Prison

A few weeks after President Donald Trump took office, his administration reached an agreement with El Salvador allowing the country to receive deportees at the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT), a ...
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Rights group reports intensified arrests of critics ahead of Vietnam national congress

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday reported that Vietnam has intensified arrests of perceived government critics in the weeks leading up to the 14th Communist Party Congress, set to open on ...
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“You Have Arrived in Hell”

The United States removed Gonzalo and 251 other Venezuelans to El Salvador in March and April 2025. When the plane landed, officers forced him and others to kneel with their heads down, he said. He ...
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Human Rights Watch’s Submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants

Since the start of his second term, United States president Donald Trump has cracked down on irregular migration, unlawfully blocked access to asylum in the US for those entering through the southern ...
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Sri Lanka: UN Finds Systemic Sexual Violence During Civil War

A new United Nations report about sexual violence related to Sri Lanka’s civil war is another step forward in the struggle ...
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International Criminal Court: Justice at Risk

(The Hague) – Member countries of the International Criminal Court (ICC) should intensify efforts to protect the court and human rights groups campaigning for justice from attack, Human Rights Watch ...
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'Just trying to survive' – Human Rights Watch releases report on plight of Hungarian pensioners

The Hungarian government is failing to ensure older people’s rights to social security and an adequate standard of living, ...
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Landmines: Action Needed to Reinforce Ban

(Geneva, December 1, 2025) – The global ban on antipersonnel landmines saves civilian lives but faces serious threats from countries leaving the treaty and new landmine use, Human Rights Watch said ...
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Saudi Arabia: Migrant Workers in Mecca Arrested for Demanding Unpaid Wages

(Beirut) – At least 600 migrant workers employed by Saudi Arabian Baytur Construction Company have not received their salaries for at least eight months, Human Rights Watch said today. The actual ...
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Human Rights Watch Submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Right to a Clean, Healthy and Sustainable Environment

Human Rights Watch (HRW) welcomes the opportunity to provide information to the Special Rapporteur to inform her upcoming report to the United Nations Human Rights Council in its sixty-first session.
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Labour's 'deeply alarming' attack on protest rights

Instead, Labour has attempted to expand them with the Crime and Policing Bill 2025 and through the unprecedented misuse of terrorism legislation to target and criminalize peaceful protest. The Crime ...