As a co-founder of the Stop Killer Robots campaign, Human Rights Watch fully supports its longstanding call for states to ...

European governments have yet to reckon with and meaningfully address the ongoing impacts of their colonial legacies ...

FIFA should postpone next month’s vote to confirm Saudi Arabia as the host of the 2034 men’s World Cup until the Gulf state ...

Last week a government source told the media that Burkina Faso’s military junta plans to reinstate the death penalty, which ...

Amnesty International has urged FIFA to halt the process of awarding Saudi Arabia the 2034 World Cup until major human rights reforms are announced.

At a summit focused on migration on 17 October 2024, EU leaders doubled down on plans to prevent people from arriving on EU soil, to speed up forced returns and deepen cooperation with third countries ...

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The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) armed group has killed, injured, and unlawfully detained scores of civilians and raped women ...

A resolution adopted by the German Bundestag last week on curbing antisemitism and protecting Jewish life could negatively ...

A judge has struck down a state law that made it easier for New Yorkers to sue over electoral divisions and voting rules that weakened the political voice of minority groups, saying its special ...

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