While repressing widespread protests in 2022 and 2023, Iranian security forces raped, tortured, and sexually assaulted detainees to coerce them into false confessions. This adds to previous research by HRW,
Amnesty Iran & the UN FFM.

hrw.org/news/2024/04/2…

Pakistan paid ~ 7x more/person to service its external public debts than it did on health care in 2021. The IMF & credit ratings agencies est. that interest payments on its debt will consume between 50-60% of the government's revenues in 2024.
Saroop Ijaz
thenews.com.pk/print/1180849-…

New Human Rights Watch Report: Iran's security forces raped, tortured, and sexually assaulted detainees while repressing widespread protests in 2022 and 2023. This documentation of horrific abuses in Iran adds to previous research by HRW, Amnesty Iran, & UN FFM hrw.org/news/2024/04/2…

Amid calls from Israel to close the agency, 'the report [...] said UNRWA remained 'pivotal in providing life-saving humanitarian aid and essential social services,' [and is] 'irreplaceable and indispensable to Palestinians’ human and economic development.'
nytimes.com/2024/04/22/wor…

#EarthDay2024 is an opportunity to celebrate the work of the courageous people who put themselves at risk fighting for a planet in which people can thrive. Today we at Human Rights Watch honor and thank Osvalinda Pereira for never giving up protecting the rainforest.
hrw.org/news/2024/04/2…

Double standards have a human cost. 'The state department believes us on everything else–they cite us in their annual human rights reports. But when we submit evidence on Israel, they say we haven’t seen any violations of international law.' Sarah H Yager
theguardian.com/us-news/2024/a…

Gambia's National Assembly is on the worrying cusp of reversing its 2015 ban on female genital mutilation (FGM); if it passes, Gambia would be the 1st country to overturn a FGM ban.

That it's even being considered is deeply worrying for women's rights.

hrw.org/news/2024/04/1…

So much is lost when historic buildings, houses of worship, museums and archives are destroyed in war.

New Human Rights Watch & Armed Conflict and Civilian Protection @ Harvard report on the devastating effects of the bombing & shelling of cities & towns:

hrw.org/node/387811 #ProtectCulturalHeritage #Oslo2024

My former colleague Devon Lum and I authored an article for @GIJN, detailing how at @HRW we employed open-source research methods to verify hundreds of photographs and videos, documenting the devastation of Mariupol by Russia.

gijn.org/stories/remote…

Study links #fossilfuel and #petrochemical plants to poor birth outcomes.
New PBS: PBS NewsHour William Brangham highlights @HRW report, critical new study from Dr. Kimberly Terrell Dr. Kimberly Terrell, and #CancerAlley residents Ashley Gaignard and Teesha.
pbs.org/video/toxic-ai…

Our research has found that Israel Defense Forces units have been directly involved in settler attacks (torture, death threats, beatings) in the West Bank. Gov'ts shld ban trade with settlements, suspend military aid to Israel, and support justice & individual sanctions.

This interview with ⁦⁦⁦MSF International⁩ ‘s ⁦Nimrat Kaur is the best I’ve seen for info about the ongoing human & humanitarian drama in Myanmar’s northern Rakhine state. Due to road blocks and internet shutdowns information is scarce. msf.org/myanmar-five-t…

“This is the biggest cohort of pediatric amputees in history,” a reconstructive surgeon who specializes in pediatric trauma said, of the record number of children who have been injured in the war in Gaza. nyer.cm/oHpyFZz

German Chancellor 'should not play second fiddle to Germany’s narrow business interests, but should lead by setting the Sino-German relationship on a rights-respecting footing,” says Human Rights Watch in a letter to Scholz ahead of his visit to Beijing: hrw.org/news/2024/04/1…

I had the pleasure of hearing Emi Mahmoud this year. She is Sudanese and a poet. I deal in facts and law but Emi’s telling of what’s is happening in Sudan powerfully articulates how Sudanese families are being torn apart and the lives they knew is being lost to war.

A grim anniversary- 1 year since fighting broke out in #Sudan . Violence continues thousands displaced & atrocities committed with near total silence from the international community. Civilians in Sudan deserve to see a robust, concerted global response. hrw.org/news/2024/04/1…

It's been one year since fighting broke out in Khartoum, the capital of Sudan, before rapidly spreading to other parts of the country.

What led to the conflict, and what's happening now? ⤵️

Indian authorities have increased their control over digital platforms & amassed extensive personal data.

With ~ 1B set to cast votes in the elections, tech companies can act to mitigate the risk of misuse that cld further tilt the playing field to benefit the ruling party.

As if decades of suffocating oppression of the #Rohingya weren't enough, yet another chilling finding that speaks to the #Myanmar military's brutality:

'Officials have also threatened to beat Rohingya to death if they refuse to join or to punish their families if they fled.'

In his “war against gangs,” President Bukele has quickly transformed El Salvador into a police state.

Agustín, 16, fled gang violence and now, police abuse.
No one should have to choose between living in fear of gangs or of security forces.

Juanita Goebertus
hrw.org/news/2024/04/0…