Tag: modern slavery

Bangladesh’s interim government has taken some positive steps to address the terrible legacy of enforced disappearances, but some of the hardest and most important...

Osman Kavala, the respected Turkish human rights defender, has been behind bars in Istanbul’s Silivri high security jail for almost eight years. He is...

SAN ANTONIO — Two convicted human smugglers were sentenced June 27 for their prominent roles in the 2022 mass casualty human smuggling conspiracy that...

(New York, July 1, 2025) – The withdrawal of five European countries from a longstanding and effective international treaty prohibiting antipersonnel landmines unnecessarily puts...

In a dramatic turn in Russia’s widening crackdown on military corruption, former Deputy Defense Minister Timur Ivanov was sentenced Tuesday to 13 years in...

This weekend in Hungary’s capital Budapest, Human Rights Watch staff witnessed the city transform—if only for one brilliant afternoon—into a beacon of resistance. Budapest...

(Brussels) – European Union member states led by France and Germany are walking back on their commitment to protect human rights and the environment in global...

(Johannesburg) – On June 26, 2025, about a dozen weapon-wielding men in Malawi attacked demonstrators peacefully protesting the government’s handling of upcoming national elections, Human...

Cindy Rodriguez Singh is a capital murder suspect sought in connection with the death of her young son, Noel Alvarez. Story from www.fbi.gov

(Washington, DC) – The budget reconciliation bill passed by the United States Senate today would extend tax cuts that disproportionately benefit the country’s wealthiest families while...

Marat Beketayev, Kazakhstan’s former Minister of Justice, has been sentenced to nine years in prison with confiscation of property following a conviction on charges...

Federal prosecutors in Rio de Janeiro should ask a court to issue an arrest warrant for President Vladimir Putin of Russia if he visits...

Russian courts have issued over 100 convictions for “extremism” for participating in the “International LGBT Movement” or displaying its alleged symbols.Russian authorities weaponize and...

China’s government has erased Hong Kong’s freedoms since imposing the draconian National Security Law on June 30, 2020.The Chinese government has largely dismantled freedoms...