Articles by Human Rights Watch
Saudi teacher sentenced to 20 years for tweets
“Saudi courts mete out decades long sentences to ordinary citizens for nothing more than peacefully expressing themselves online.”
EU needs to urgently protect civic space in Hungary
The EU should accelerate legal action against Hungary and seek the suspension of the repressive Law on the Protection of National Sovereignty.
Kazakhstan’s new mass media law threatens free speech and access to information
The new law imposes onerous registration requirements on online publications and gives the government power to interfere with the work of foreign journalists if their materials contain “propaganda of extremism.”
“Why do they hate us so much?” Discriminatory censorship laws harm education in Florida
The state’s actions have created an environment of censorship and discrimination in classrooms that harms education for all Florida students but is especially hostile in its impact on Black Floridians and LGBTQ Floridians.
ICC member countries declare “unwavering support” for the court
Ninety-three member countries of the International Criminal Court (ICC) have declared their “unwavering support” for the court in the face of recent threats emanating from the US and Israel.
Fifty years since establishment, UAE State Security Apparatus should end widespread abuses of Emiratis’ fundamental rights
The SSA’s broad powers under the counterterrorism law has enabled its civic space crackdown.
France should end hijab ban in French sport ahead of Olympic Games
Human rights and sports organisations urge the International Olympic Committee to publicly call on sporting authorities in France to overturn all bans on athletes wearing the hijab in French sport.
Tunisia: Authorities escalate clampdown on media, freedom of expression
“By attacking journalists and other media figures, Saied’s government is moving to put the last nail in the coffin of Tunisia’s civic space.”