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Bolsonaro Sentenced to 27 Years for Coup Plot, Marking Historic First in Brazil

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was sentenced...

Thailand’s Supreme Court Orders Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra Back to Prison

Thailand’s Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that...

U.S. Treasury Issues Guidance to Boost Cross-Border Financial Information Sharing

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial...

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Bosnia and Herzegovina: Rights of Detained Migrants at Risk

Bosnia and Herzegovina’s treatment of detained migrants should raise concerns for governments considering sending additional migrants to the country, Human Rights Watch said today....

Uganda: Anti-LGBT Law Unleashed Abuse

Ugandan authorities have perpetrated widespread discrimination and violence against LGBT people in the two years since the Anti-Homosexuality Act became law.The Ugandan authorities have...

Mexican Senate Passes Sweeping Anti-Money Laundering Reform Amid Heated Debate

In a landmark move during the fourth day of its extraordinary session, the Mexican Senate approved a major reform to the Federal Law for...

Rwanda: Opposition Leader Arrested

(Nairobi) – The Rwandan authorities rearrested Victoire Ingabire, the head of an unregistered political party, on June 19, 2025, as a part of a...

South Korea: Human Rights Issues for New Government

(Seoul) – South Korea’s new government should adopt measures to address human rights problems in the country and abroad, Human Rights Watch said today in...

Haiti: Displacement Hits Record as Security Efforts Fall Short

(Washington, DC) – One year since deployment of the first personnel of the United Nations-authorized Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission to Haiti, violence and human rights abuses...

New Global Coalition Urges Rights-Based Climate Relocation Policies

Last week, Human Rights Watch hosted the launch of the “Coalition on Dignified Climate-related Planned Relocation,” a new global alliance working to ensure communities...

Turkmenistan: Imprisoned Activist Faces New Dubious Charges

(Berlin, June 25, 2025) – Turkmenistan’s authorities have brought new charges against an imprisoned activist who had been scheduled for release earlier in June 2025,...

UN Human Rights Office Calls for Action on ‘Transnational Repression’

Last week, the United Nations Human Rights Office issued its first ever guidance paper on “transnational repression,” aimed at increasing awareness and understanding of this...

Qatar: Authorities’ Religious Discrimination Against Baha’is

(Beirut) – Qatari authorities have discriminated against members of the Baha’i faith, including with unlawful detentions, based solely on their religious identity, Human Rights Watch...

Mozambique: Armed Group’s Child Abductions Surge in North

(Johannesburg) – An armed group linked to the Islamic State (ISIS) has ramped up abductions of children in northern Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province, Human Rights...

Prominent Critic of Guinean Junta Abducted, Tortured

In Guinea early on Saturday morning, at least a half-dozen heavily armed men broke into the home of Mohamed Traoré, a prominent lawyer and former...

Human Rights Council Members Should Reject Eritrea’s Bid to End Scrutiny

The government of Eritrea has been working the corridors of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva to try to end the mandate...

Kazakhstan: Abused Woman Facing Murder Conspiracy Retrial

(Berlin, June 24, 2025) – A woman from western Kazakhstan who experienced two decades of severe domestic abuse by her former husband is to...

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