A historic moment in the Hague — International Court of Justice judges are hearing the merits in Gambia’s case against Myanmar under the Genocide Convention.

Learn more about the landmark case pursuing justice:

In Hungary, almost half a million older people receive pensions that leave them living below the poverty line.

In a new report, HRW shows how the Hungarian government is failing to ensure older people’s rights to social security and an adequate standard of living.

Read more: https://bit.ly/4jBH4VG

Amid Iran's internet blackout, there are concerning reports of large scale killings by security forces.

Hear from HRW's Executive Director Philippe Bolopion on the emergency situation in Iran:

Iran’s authorities are committing large-scale killing of protesters while having shut down the internet, cutting off people in Iran from the rest of the world.

Iranian authorities should immediately end the bloodshed and release everyone arrested for exercising their human rights.

Armed groups and military forces are using sexual violence as a weapon of war across eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

Survivors experience a climate of impunity that protects those responsible and a healthcare system deprived of support.

New from HRW and SOFEPADI: https://bit.ly/4jvK5H0

The US Senate has advanced a resolution to block future military force against Venezuela without congressional approval.

This comes after the US military conducted strikes on Venezuela, and captured President Nicolás Maduro and his wife. Learn more ⤵️

An internet shutdown has plunged Iran into a communications blackout as authorities continue to unleash their deadly repression against protesters.

UN member states should press Iran to stop the bloodshed and pursue accountability.

The right to protest is under attack in the United Kingdom. 

In a new report, HRW documents that the UK’s Labour government has failed to reverse sweeping anti-protest laws introduced by the previous Conservative government.

Learn more: https://bit.ly/4qerKB0

Iranian authorities are brutally cracking down on nationwide protests. At least 27 protesters and bystanders, including children, have been killed in just over a week.

Iranian authorities should cease the use of unlawful force and release those arrested for exercising their human rights.

Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán provides a useful case study for those hoping to better understand the authoritarian playbook.

Listen to HRW's Rights & Wrongs podcast (from June 2025) ⤵️
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Chained to trees. Locked in sheds. Confined and forgotten — because they have a mental health condition.

From May 2025, revisit HRW's Rights & Wrongs podcast on shackling.

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Africa’s best football teams are competing in the much-awaited Africa Cup of Nations, known as AFCON, in Morocco.

But while AFCON is underway, hundreds of young Moroccans are in jail — many for taking part in peaceful protests. Learn more ⤵️

The deportees sent by the Trump administration suffered torture, inhumane conditions and, in some cases, sexual violence.

Here’s what they told us:

"The level of violence and killing [in Sudan] demonstrates for us that basic humanity is under attack."

HRW’s Nicole Widdersheim testified last week at the hearing "Stopping the Bloodshed: U.S. Response to Crimes Against Humanity in Sudan."

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After reducing many of Lebanon’s southern border towns to rubble, Israeli attacks are now making it more difficult for thousands of residents to rebuild their homes.

These attacks violate the laws of war and are apparent war crimes.

Learn more: https://bit.ly/44vbq5Z

Hong Kong’s High Court has convicted Jimmy Lai on bogus charges of “foreign collusion” and “sedition."

His conviction after five years of solitary confinement is both cruel and a travesty of justice.

Learn more: https://bit.ly/48Z78W5

It’s now been a year since Cyclone Chido devastated Mayotte, a French territory in the western Indian ocean.

Mayotte’s schools face chronic overcrowding and shortages, worsened by Cyclone Chido. All children in Mayotte should be able to experience their right to education.