Articles by Human Rights Watch
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.”
Belarus’s widespread crackdown on human rights lawyers
Justice Ministry exercises full control over the legal profession; human rights lawyers face arrest, imprisonment, arbitrary revocation of licences and harassment.
Indonesian government acts to protect student media
Human Rights Watch hopes that this latest decision will bolster press freedom on Indonesian campuses.