Hungary: New Government Needs to Restore Rule of Law Hungary’s incoming government should take immediate steps to restore fundamental rights, dismantle abusive laws and institutions, and strengthen democratic institutions, after years of backsliding, Hu...

🚨 New from @hrw.org: #Hungary’s New Government Needs to Restore Rule of Law

Suspend Sovereignty Protection Office; End Rule by Decree; Restore Assembly Rights

The power of shame in a post-truth world | Ken Roth, ex-director of Human Rights Watch YouTube video by The Institute of Art and Ideas

We do NOT live in a post-shame world. Leaders may be beyond personal redemption but still care about public opinion because they must pretend to serve the public rather than only themselves. Maintaining power by sheer repression is dangerous. I explain: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vInr...

Do not use safety as a pretext to curb protest Legislation that seeks to block demonstrations near to places of worship is misguided, argues Lindsay Saligman

My @hrw.org colleague Lindsay Saligman writes that the UK is using concerns about antisemitism as a pretext to restrict protest, just like in the US. She writes that as a Jewish human rights lawyer, she's seen this before. See her op-ed in
@churchtimes.bsky.social

@hrw.org is closely monitoring initial reporting that Israel and the United States have launched strikes on #Iran. Our focus remains civilian protection and carrying out our mandate by monitoring for any violations of international humanitarian and human rights law.

’Authorities at all levels should invest substantially in efforts to counter threats or acts of incitement, the spreading of hateful content online and harmful misinformation, and to promote inclusiveness and respect for all communities in Australia.’

www.hrw.org/news/2025/12...

HRW quote card that says, “The UK government’s decision to end the cruel "two-child limit” social security policy is welcome and long-overdue. It forced growing numbers of children and families into poverty and undermined their rights.” Kartik Raj, Europe Senior Researcher

Good riddance to rubbish policy.

The end to the UK's "two child limit" social security policy has been announced, and it will soon be gone.

We @hrw.org welcome the news, as one of many, many, many voices calling for an end to this arbitrary, cruel social security policy.

NEW: The Israeli government’s forced displacement of the populations of three West Bank refugee camps in January and February 2025 amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Read more: www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...

When visiting China, Swedish Foreign Minister Malmer Stenergard should focus on 1) human rights and growing Chinese repression including in Xinjiang and 2) Chinese transnational repression, to secure the release of bookseller Gui Minhai.

www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...

Idag är Sveriges utrikesminister i Kina för samtal. Hon bör kräva att Gui Minhai, som hållits i 10 år, frisläpps omedelbart. Mänskliga rättigheter sägs vara en hörnsten i svensk utrikespolitik, då måste de vara det även i dagens samtal.

Skriver i Aftonbladet:

www.aftonbladet.se/a/vg4RpL

Backsliding on Landmines Endangers Civilian Lives The International Day for Mine Action on April 4 is a moment to highlight the work of the thousands of deminers around the world who clear and destroy landmines and explosive remnants of war.

#Poland #Estonia #Latvia #Lithuania & #Finland should reject proposals to leave the Antipersonnel Mine Ban Treaty.

@kajakallas.bsky.social should reaffirm EU's binding collective commitment to Ottawa Convention & norms aimed at safeguarding humanity in war.

www.hrw.org/news/2025/04...

What is the logic in denying asylum because the persecuted group a person is part of is "too large"? US should fix the gender gap in refugee protection, argues HRW's Bill Frelick @billfrelick.bsky.social in The Hill @thehill.com. @hrw.org
thehill.com/opinion/immi...

Gender Apartheid Should Be an International Crime All States should ensure the inclusion of gender apartheid in international law, including in the draft crimes against humanity treaty.

Excited to share this new piece on why @hrw.org is calling for gender apartheid to be recognized as a crime under international law. This comes after long & careful discussion w/many colleagues about if there is need for such a law and any potential downsides. www.justsecurity.org/116780/gende...

EU Council Turning Supply Chain Law into Window Dressing European Union member states led by France and Germany are walking back on their commitment to protect human rights and the environment in global supply chains.

Our new @hrw piece on how a good EU law on the rights of people affected by corporate abuse in global supply chains is being gutted - and how EU member states want to replace it with window-dressing:

www.hrw.org/news/2025/07...

US: Budget Would Benefit Wealthiest at Expense of Rights

Slashing Social Programs to Help Pay for Regressive Tax Cuts Would Harm Millions

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Denmark should use its upcoming Presidency of the Council of the European Union to champion human rights, the rule of law, and accountability across the EU and beyond.

www.hrw.org/news/2025/06...

🚨 Just 1 year until the #FIFA Men's #WorldCup kicks off in US, the Canada & Mexico, escalating attacks on human rights & civil freedoms threaten safety, wellbeing & rights for the 6.5 million+ fans, workers, journalists & athletes involved.

Read joint statement: https://loom.ly/IHoTaeE

Which Palestine is Macron Going to Recognize? As France prepares to co-host a UN conference in June on Palestine and the two-state solution, President Emmanuel Macron has signaled a willingness to recognize a Palestinian state. He may have good i...

Will #Macron & other European leaders recognize #Palestine? Will they not?

Whichever it is, it will NOT prevent the #genocide of Palestine's people, nor will it dismantle #Israel 's illegal occupation and apartheid

Action, not words, urgently needed 👉🏼 hrw.org/news/2025/06...

UN: Start Talks on Treaty to Ban ‘Killer Robots’ Global momentum to prohibit and regulate “killer robots” seems to be building, as evidenced by numerous countries’ participation in the first United Nations General Assembly meeting on autonomous weap...

Broad interest in the first #UNGA meeting on autonomous weapons systems & substantive engagement shows why states should commit to open negotiations on a new international treaty to deal with the dangers - @hrw.org www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...

New @hrw.org report dropping next week on labor rights abuses in the US platform economy.

📅Join us for the launch event on
Tuesday, May 13 at 11:30am ET / 3:30pm UTC
Featuring @deschuttero.bsky.social @amostoh.bsky.social @ituc.bsky.social & others!

📌 Register here: hrworg.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Sweden should adopt an international law-based and ethical approach to new technology - which means adopting new legally binding rules on autonomous weapon systems.

Wait and see is not an option. Killer robots must be banned before it’s too late.

www.hrw.org/news/2025/04...

One Man’s Ordeal Triggers Test of US Constitution - Abrego Garcia’s plight represents a challenge to the constitutional order itself.

www.hrw.org/news/2025/04...

Human Rights Watch is on Bluesky!

Follow our team here ⤵️

Sweden should push for concrete measures to stop the crimes against Palestinians in Gaza and hold those responsible to account.

www.hrw.org/news/2025/04...

Sverige och EU måste agera – nu krävs ansvar för Israels övergrepp i Gaza
www.hrw.org/sv/news/2025...

Inför dagens EU-möte skriver HRW i Aftonbladet, tillsammans med Act Svenska Kyrkan och Diakonia, om behovet av ny svensk politik för Gaza; ompröva biståndsstrategin, följ den internationella domstolens beslut och se till att EU:s avtal med Israel efterlevs.
aftonbladet.se/a/RzpdeJ

Backsliding on Landmines Endangers Civilian Lives The International Day for Mine Action on April 4 is a moment to highlight the work of the thousands of deminers around the world who clear and destroy landmines and explosive remnants of war.

Devastating developments driven largely by two countries that have not banned antipersonnel landmines – the United States & Russia – are threatening international norms & long-standing working to eradicate these weapons, which predominately harm civilians - @hrw.org www.hrw.org/news/2025/04...

Israeli military forces caused deaths and unnecessary suffering of Palestinian patients while occupying hospitals in the Gaza Strip during the current hostilities, amounting to war crimes. Those responsible, including senior Israeli officials, should be held to account.

www.hrw.org/news/2025/03...

Poverty among Plenty: Daily Brief Despite Germany’s vast wealth, the country’s social security system is simply failing millions of people. Read @astroehlein in @hrw’s Daily Brief:

#Germany.

The industrial powerhouse of Europe.

The world’s third richest economy.

Germany has a poverty problem.

My Daily Brief:

📰 Read: www.hrw.org/the-day-in-h...

🔊 Listen: www.hrw.org/video-photos...

An older woman collecting food at a Tafel-run\ food bank in Berlin, Germany, July 3, 2023. © 2023 Carsten Koall/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images

1/5 Today, we publish a new @hrw.org report on the poverty and the right to social security in #Germany.

The full report is here:

“It Tears You Apart”
Poverty and Gender in Germany’s Social Security System

www.hrw.org/report/2025/...

A dark time for democracy in Türkiye, with such a blatantly lawless move to weaponize the justice system to cancel the democratic process.

www.hrw.org/news/2025/03...