Taliban have entrenched one of the worst human rights crises and systematically dismantled the rights of women and girls since taking power five years ago. Afghanistan is also facing a humanitarian crisis with 40% of the population in need of assistance. www.hrw.org/news/2026/08...

Afghanistan: Taliban Assault on Rights Deepens 5 Years on

Afghanistan’s Taliban have entrenched one of the world’s worst human rights crises and systematically dismantled the rights of women and girls since taking power five years ago.

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🚩NEW: On Monday, Saudi authorities executed 5 Ethiopian migrants for nonlethal drug-related offenses without due process. Urgent action is needed to prevent the unjust executions of dozens more vulnerable migrants who were sentenced to death after grossly unfair trials. www.hrw.org/news/2026/07...

Saudi Arabia: New Executions of Ethiopian Migrants

Saudi authorities executed five Ethiopian migrants for nonlethal drug-related offenses on July 27, 2026 without due process.

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🚨 @hrw.org's reaction to UN General General assembly decision to reappoint UN human rights chief Volker Turk for a second 4-year term, after rejecting attempts by the US, #Russia, #Israel & others to derail it. Attributable to me on behalf of HRW.

🚨 #BREAKING - UN General Assembly overwhelmingly approves second 4-year term for UN high commissioner for human rights Volker Türk after rejecting attempts by US & #Russia to derail his reappointment -- 144 in favor, 10 against, 13 abstentions. @hrw.org reaction coming shortly!

US Officials Sound Alarm on Haiti While Preparing to Deport Haitians There www.hrw.org/news/2026/07...

US Officials Sound Alarm on Haiti While Preparing to Deport Haitians There

Fresh from a trip to Haiti, US Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz offered the UN Security Council on July 20 a harrowing account of the “kill zone” he said Port-au-Prince has become.

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🇪🇨 @hrw.org documented four incidents of abuse at sea and on the Colombia-Ecuador border that implicate US-Ecuador security cooperation or raise unanswered questions of responsibility. The US Congress should investigate. New report: www.hrw.org/news/2026/07...

US/Ecuador: Abuses Proliferate as Security Cooperation Deepens

The United States and Ecuador are deepening their security cooperation against a backdrop of serious human rights violations by Ecuadorian forces, unexplained drone attacks on fishing boats, and the d...

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It’s insane to me that there’s always money for war (or, more recently, AI) but the world’s governments can’t get their act together to fund the one global organisation we have to solve all of our problems.

Lou Charbonneau@loucharb.bsky.social · 2w ago

🚨 New from @hrw.org: The US is withholding most of its UN dues & China is paying late. Other states are doing the same. This has forced UN to trim critical human rights & humanitarian work. UN member states took steps to ease funding crisis but only paying in full & on time will end it. More here 👇

🚨 New from @hrw.org: The US is withholding most of its UN dues & China is paying late. Other states are doing the same. This has forced UN to trim critical human rights & humanitarian work. UN member states took steps to ease funding crisis but only paying in full & on time will end it. More here 👇

Q&A: The UN Funding Crisis and Human Rights Work

The United Nations General Assembly took a crucial step on June 30, 2026, towards easing the world body’s deepening liquidity crisis by amending a longstanding rule that would have required it to refu...

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Suppression of Ukrainian identity, promotion of anti-Ukraine propaganda, illegally compelling boys to register for the draft. Russian authorities in occupied Ukrainian territories are forcing Ukrainian children into a school system that violates their rights. New from HRW: https://bit.ly/4yow4lx

UNRWA remains the backbone of humanitarian aid in Gaza. Governments should disregard the statement from the US President Donald Trump-chaired Board of Peace that “UNRWA has no place in the new Gaza.”

UNRWA is Irreplaceable in Gaza

Governments should disregard the statement from the US President Donald Trump-chaired Board of Peace that “UNRWA has no place in the new Gaza,” the latest salvo in the US and Israeli government’s long...

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🚨 @hrw.org: Governments should disregard the statement from President #Trump's Board of Peace that “@unrwa.org has no place in the new #Gaza,” the latest salvo in the US & #Israel government’s long-running campaign to destroy the life-saving Palestinian refugee agency.

UNRWA is Irreplaceable in Gaza

Governments should disregard the statement from the US President Donald Trump-chaired Board of Peace that “UNRWA has no place in the new Gaza,” the latest salvo in the US and Israeli government’s long...

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🔴 The "unanimity wall" has fallen: in a "list of options" to restrict EU trade with Israel's illegal settlements, the Commission has finally acknowledged it can be done by qualified majority A ban is the only "option" that complies with int'l law. And is within reach: euobserver.com/226735/a-ban...

A ban on Israeli settlement products? Here are the options the EU is considering

Ahead of the key meeting of EU foreign ministers on Monday (13 July), the European Commission has circulated an options paper exploring ways to restrict trade between the EU and Israeli illegal settle...

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As EU foreign ministers meet to discuss trade with Israeli settlements, it's astonishing a ban is presented as just an 'option' It's the only measure that complies with int'l law - and that doesn't bankroll occupation & apartheid: www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j... @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu

EU accused of dragging its feet over ban on trade with illegal Israeli settlements

Foreign ministers will discuss options on Monday but decision on imports is not expected for months

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🚨 New from @hrw.org: UN Takes Key Step to Ease Financial Crisis Fueled by US and #China But the Cash Crunch Still Threatens Human Rights, Humanitarian and Peacekeeping Operations Meanwhile, China & #Russia tried again (mostly unsuccessfully) to cut human rights posts from peacekeeping budget.

UN Takes Key Step to Ease Financial Crisis Fueled by US, China

United Nations member countries took an important step last week to protect the world body from financial ruin.

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🚨 New op-ed: @hrw.org calls on African states to stop ‘third-country’ deportation deals w/ the US. So far 3/10 African states who received people have forcibly repatriated asylum seekers, violating int’l law. One woman’s story in @africanarguments.bsky.social 👇 africanarguments.org/2026/07/afri...

African States Shouldn’t Help the US Endanger Refugees | African Arguments

Disembarking at an airport in Cameroon a few weeks ago, two Cameroonian women shook with fear. They had fled their country over a year before to seek asylum in the United States, but were summarily de...

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As the USA 🇺🇸 celebrates its 250th birthday in a scorching heat wave across much of the country today, @hrw.org reports that US democracy is under attack and in decline under President Trump. Read about it here 👇🏼

US Democracy in Decline Under Trump

In 2026 alone, Human Rights Watch has documented and reported on dozens of the Trump administration's threats to rights and democracy in the US. Take a look back at them here.

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JUST POSTED: An updated tally is in, and the count of Trump followers turned financial losers is even bigger than first thought. Much bigger. 988,905 buyers of $TRUMP memecoin have lost a total of $3.81 billion. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/04/u...

Nearly a Million Investors Lost a Total of $3.8 Billion on Trump Crypto Coin

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Deaths in US ICE custody have surged under US President Donald Trump. 52 people died in ICE custody during the first 500 days of Trump’s second term, reflecting a soaring mortality rate. ICYMI: Read our recent report with Physicians for Human Rights:

US: Deaths in ICE Custody Surge Under Trump

The rate of people dying in US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody has soared, with at least 52 deaths reported since the start of President Donald Trump's current administration.

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52 people died in US Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody during the first 500 days of President Trump’s second term, reflecting a soaring mortality rate. In a new report, HRW and Physicians for Human Rights document the increasing number of deaths in ICE custody: https://bit.ly/4oNOlo4

🚨 New from @hrw.org: Once again #China backed by #Russia is trying to cut funding for UN human rights posts — in #Haiti but also DRC, Syria, South Sudan. Delegations in UN’s budget committee should resist! www.hrw.org/news/2026/06...

China Pressures UN to Slash Human Rights Funding in Haiti

China is pressing the United Nations budget committee to defund numerous human rights posts in negotiations on the 2026-2027 UN peacekeeping budget, including essential personnel for the newly establi...

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🇭🇹UN member states should not allow China to cut funding for the UN office providing logistical assistance to the Gang Suppression Force — support that helps ensure compliance with the UN’s human rights due diligence policy. More from @loucharb.bsky.social: www.hrw.org/news/2026/06...

China Pressures UN to Slash Human Rights Funding in Haiti

China is pressing the United Nations budget committee to defund numerous human rights posts in negotiations on the 2026-2027 UN peacekeeping budget, including essential personnel for the newly establi...

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We’ll be in court today to block the Trump administration's attempts to seize the medical records of trans youth who've accessed gender-affirming care in New York City. Trans youth and their families have a right to privacy — we're demanding they be left alone.

🚨 New from @hrw.org: The #Trump administration’s deployment of thousands of ICE agents to Minnesota in Dec 2025-March 2026 led to widespread human rights violations, terrorized & traumatized residents, & spotlighted deeply abusive patterns in US immigration enforcement.

US: Federal Government Terrorized Minnesota Communities

The Trump administration’s deployment of thousands of federal immigration agents to Minnesota between December 2025 and March 2026 led to widespread human rights violations, terrorized residents with ...

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Excellent article by @damilolabanjo.bsky.social on the UN's cash flow problem (mostly caused by the US not paying its UN dues) & UN chief Antonio Guterres' proposal to partially ease the problem. Reminds us that no UN reform plan can solve problems caused by member states refusing to pay dues.

PassBlue@passblue.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The UN Chief’s Plan to Ease the Organization’s Cash Crunch passblue.com/2026/06/14/t...

🧵1/5 The appalling scenes of xenophobic violence that broke out on June 9 in #Belfast are a frightening reminder of how normalized racism & organized racist violence have become in the UK. A devastating knife attack should never be used to justify more violence. HRW's thoughts are with all victims.

Reuters@reuters.com · 2mo ago

UK minister says violence in Northern Ireland is racist thuggery reut.rs/4olccex

Deutschland scheitert deutlich mit seiner Bewerbung für den UN-Sicherheitsrat #UNSC. Könnte genau der richtige Weckruf sein für eine prinzipientreue, glaubwürdige und wertebasierte Außenpolitik und einen konsequenten Einsatz für den Schutz internationalen Rechts! www.spiegel.de/politik/deut...

Deutschland scheitert mit Bewerbung für Sitz im Uno-Sicherheitsrat

Portugal und Österreich haben sich durchgesetzt: Deutschland ist mit seiner Bewerbung für einen nicht-ständigen Sitz im Uno-Sicherheitsrat gescheitert.

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UN blacklists #Russia’s forces for conflict-related sexual violence based on “UN-verified information indicating continued patterns of rape and other forms of sexual violence perpetrated primarily against Ukrainian prisoners of war and civilian detainees.”

Conflict-related sexual violence cases more than doubled in 2025, UN warns

Nearly 10,000 cases of conflict-related sexual violence were recorded worldwide last year – more than double the previous year's figure – as rape, sexual slavery and abduction were deployed as weapons...

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#Israel’s and #Russia’s armed forces added to UN blacklist for sexual violence in conflict zones

Israeli and Russian forces added to UN blacklist for sexual violence in conflict zones

An annual United Nations report documenting sexual violence in conflicts worldwide has included Israeli forces for the first time since the review began more than 15 years ago for their treatment of P...

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🚨 New from @hrw.org: #Russia Illegally Seizing Property in Occupied Areas of #Ukraine HRW’s Yulia Gorbunova describes “unlawful seizure of their property as Russia blatantly disregards its obligations as an occupying power.”

Ukraine: Russia Illegally Seizing Property in Occupied Areas

Russian authorities are unlawfully seizing civilian property belonging to Ukrainians in occupied areas, Human Rights Watch said today. International law prohibits occupying powers from confiscating or...

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🚨 New @hrw.org investigation: Colombian former soldiers who fought on the side of the abusive Rapid Support Forces in Sudan transited through #UAE military bases before their deployment to Darfur, #Sudan.

From Bogotá to El Fasher

The 83-page report, “From Bogotá to El Fasher: UAE’s Role in the Deployment of Colombian Fighters and Other Backing to the Rapid Support Forces in Sudan,” presents evidence showing that, since 2024, t...

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