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# Human Rights Watch

Last week
14th April 2024 - 20th April 2024
Palestinians call for release of thousands of people detained in Israeli jails without trial
18 Apr
6.3k
All time
Taliban reject claims of 'summary killings' of ex-security forces
5 Dec 2021
14.4k
8
Explainer: Why is India calling for IP rules around Covid vaccines to be waived?
30 Apr 2021
22.0k
18
Israel committing 'crime of apartheid' against Palestinians, NGO says
27 Apr 2021
13.9k
61
1,500 Rohingya refugees sent to isolated island off Bangladesh
4 Dec 2020
17.9k
13
Nobel Peace Prize winner released from Chinese prison after 8 years with late-stage cancer
26 Jun 2017
12.2k
7
Is the UK taking a step back from human rights protections?
8 Jun 2017
9.8k
45
'Men subjected to these gay purges have endured a gruesome ordeal in Chechnya'
26 May 2017
13.5k
70
'My buttocks were raw and oozing pus': Abuse at China's unofficial detention centres
11 Dec 2016
10.6k
5
People in Islamic State controlled city forced to eat "soups made from grass"
8 Apr 2016
15.2k
43
'Long and passionate' gay kiss labelled breach of the peace
23 Oct 2014
18.4k
76
FBI "may have created terrorists out of law-abiding individuals", says rights report
21 Jul 2014
10.6k
18
There is "strong evidence" that the Syrian government used chlorine gas in attacks on rebels
13 May 2014
3.6k
83
Death by stoning may return as punishment for adultery in Afghanistan
25 Nov 2013
14.6k
143
Human rights group slams authorities over Egypt protest deaths
28 Jul 2013
3.8k
30
Saudi Arabia beheads man convicted of killing his relative
12 May 2013
13.0k
95
Indian child sex victims ‘mistreated, humiliated’ – report
7 Feb 2013
7.0k
9
Reports of migrant worker abuses at Sochi Olympic sites
6 Feb 2013
16.7k
13
Protests as Egyptian panel adopts draft constitution
30 Nov 2012
2.0k
1
Evidence of mass murder after Gaddafi's death
17 Oct 2012
6.0k
29
New report alleges Gaddafi's enemies were waterboarded by CIA
6 Sep 2012
6.9k
27
Far right political party tries to set up 'Greek only' blood bank
13 Jul 2012
6.2k
68
27 "torture centres" revealed in Syria
3 Jul 2012
3.6k
8
Evening Wrap
The 5 at 5 5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock.
15 Jun 2012
3.0k
VIDEO: Syrian government forces accused of war crimes in Idlib
2 May 2012
734
Taylor verdict hailed a 'victory for victims'
27 Apr 2012
1.7k
4
Syrian security forces 'using human shields'
25 Mar 2012
1.2k
3
Syria conflict now the biggest problem facing world - Ban Ki-moon
21 Mar 2012
1.6k
2
Syrian forces laying mines along refugee routes to Turkey - report
13 Mar 2012
1.3k
8
‘For children in Somalia, nowhere is safe’ – HRW report
21 Feb 2012
2.4k
4
Saudi Arabia in breach of Olympic charter, says rights group
15 Feb 2012
4.3k
12
Rights group calls on Israel to end Palestinian residency restrictions
5 Feb 2012
1.6k
43
Syrian soldiers name officials 'responsible for' torture and killings: report
15 Dec 2011
1.4k
1
18 people killed in Congo election, says rights group
2 Dec 2011
1.3k
2
In pictures: Fifth day of violence rocks Cairo, Alexandria
23 Nov 2011
790
1
Documents reveal Gaddafi regime's ties to CIA
3 Sep 2011
951
8
All sides to blame in Somali disaster, says human rights group
15 Aug 2011
300
1
Fears for thousands of civilians trapped in besieged Libyan city
19 Apr 2011
255
Gaddafi 'using cluster bombs on his own people' in Libya
16 Apr 2011
465
8
Is China using the Middle East as a smokescreen to gag dissenters?
21 Mar 2011
599
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