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 Achraf Al Jamal, a displaced Palestinian man who fled Jabalia due to an Israeli military operation, looks on as people fill containers with water, amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict, in Gaza City October 19, 2024.

'Act of genocide': HRW says Israel's water cuts killed thousands of Palestinians

By REUTERS
 People carry belongings as residents flee the neighborhood of Nazon due to gang violence, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti November 14, 2024.

Child recruitment in Haitian gangs soars 70% amid rising violence and poverty - UNICEF

 DISPLACED PALESTINIANS who fled Rafah, after the IDF began evacuating civilians, travel on a vehicle in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip in May. While relocations are unfortunate, they have been distorted by Hamas, which frames Israel’s actions as brutal, the writer argues.

Human Rights Watch accuses Israel of war crimes over Gaza displacements

Tirana Hassan, Executive Director of Human Rights Watch, addresses the audience on the impact of Latin America’s migration policies, in Bogota, Colombia September 11, 2024.

HRW chief claims continuing to supply Israel weapons empowers 'belligerents elsewhere'

By REUTERS
 Smoke rises from a fire following an Israeli air strike in Hodeidah, Yemen in this handout photo released on July 20, 2024.

Israel's July strikes on Yemen's Hodeidah port a 'possible war crime', HR Watch says

By REUTERS
 The Nova Massacre Scene

NGO watchdog organization calls out double standard by Human Rights Watch Oct. 7 report

 Palestinian militants of the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades move towards the Erez crossing between Israel and the northern Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023.

Crimes against humanity: HRW report details Palestinian atrocities on Oct. 7

A gavel and a block is pictured on the judge's bench in this illustration picture taken in the Sussex County Court of Chancery in Georgetown, Delaware, U.S., June 9, 2021.

Human rights groups push for UK to ban weapon sales to Israel

 Airport signage showing passengers the route to the Schengen transfer area can be seen installed at Henri Coanda International Airport in Otopeni near Bucharest, Romania, March 31, 2024.

British-Palestinian doctor denied entry to Schengen Area, rights group call for investigation

 Smoke rises after an Israeli air strike in southern Lebanon, as seen from the Israeli side of the border, May 5, 2024.

HRW: US weaponry allowed Israel to kill aid workers in Lebanon

 Baháʼí Institute for Higher Education students secretly pursue education in a living room on April 21, 2009. Iran bans formal higher education for members of the Bahá'í faith.

HRW report exposes Iran's ‘Boot on my neck’ policy against Bahai's

By DEBBIE MOHNBLATT/THE MEDIA LINE
 EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT Abdel Fattah al-Sisi speaks with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at the Ittihadiya presidential palace in Cairo last week.

EU deal with Egypt to stem migration is morally ambiguous

Jose Miguel Vivanco, director of Human Rights Watch Americas, holds up a report while addressing the media in Bogota

Human Rights Watch is an Israel-hating organization at its very core - opinion

By GERALD M. STEINBERG
Smoke billows following Israeli strikes amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Gaza, October 13, 2023.

Human Rights Watch says Israel used white phosphorus in Gaza, Lebanon

By REUTERS
 Ugandan opposition leader and singer Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, known as Bobi Wine arrives to address Ugandans living in South Africa on political issues in their home country, at the sports ground in Germiston, southeast of Johannesburg, South Africa, October 3, 2023.

Uganda arrests 40 opposition supporters as their leader arrives

By REUTERS
 Jordan's King Abdullah and Queen Rania arrive to meet with the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, US February 1, 2023.

Jordan ends emergency laws that stifled public freedoms

By REUTERS
 People protest with their cellphones as Israel’s Economy Minister Nir Barkat (not pictured) speaks at the 2023 Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona on February 27.

Israeli apartheid: A widespread lie difficult to fight - opinion

By ROBERT HORENSTEIN
 Right wing activists protest the demolition of structures in the illegal outpost of Homesh, outside the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem on January 13, 2021

Israel is 'on rampage' against human rights, new HRW chief says

By REUTERS