Meinungsfreiheit
Das Recht auf freie Meinungsäußerung, das durch das Gesetz über nationale Sicherheit und andere repressive Gesetze bereits stark eingeschränkt war, wurde 2024 weiter beschnitten.
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Die Behörden nutzten 2024 weiterhin Gesetze bezüglich "ausländischer Agenten", "unerwünschter Organisationen" und "Kriegszensur", um Vertreter*innen der Zivilgesellschaft strafrechtlich zu verfolgen und jegliche Kritik am...
(Bangkok) – The Myanmar military junta’s years of unlawful attacks on healthcare facilities and health workers have severely hindered the emergency response to the devastating earthquake on...
(Amman) – Jordanian authorities have forcibly evicted and demolished homes and shops in an informal Palestinian refugee camp in Amman without adequate consultation, notice, compensation...
(Washington, DC) – The Trump administration’s new US State Department structure may further hamstring rights and justice-related work, with programming already decimated by foreign...
(Monrovia) – Liberian President Joseph Boakai should follow through on his commitment to justice and human rights by renewing an executive order key to...
Former U.S. Congressman George Anthony Devolder Santos was sentenced Friday to 87 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to a series of sweeping...
(Bangkok) – The Maldives government should immediately reinstate three Supreme Court justices who were improperly suspended and cease other efforts to undermine judicial independence, Human...
Today, Human Rights Watch sent a letter to André Aranha Corrêa do Lago, the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) President-designate, and Executive Director...
The United States carried out mass expulsions of 299 third-country nationals to Panama, subjecting them to harsh detention conditions and mistreatment, while also denying...
(Washington, DC, April 24, 2025) – The Trump administration’s first 100 days in office have been a relentless barrage of actions that violate, threaten,...
Having a disability should never result in a person being denied freedom. Yet across Latin America, thousands of people with disabilities are still forcibly...
The European Union’s new Forced Labor Regulation will require companies to identify and eliminate forced labor in their operations and supply chains, Human Rights Watch...