Syria: Detention and Abuse of Female Activists
Arbitrary Detention, Torture, Physical Abuse of Female Activists and Other Detainees: Interviews and TestimoniesHuman Rights Watch spoke to eight female [...]
Child and Forced Marriage in South Sudan
(New York) – Human Rights Watch will present a photography exhibition, “Dowry – Child and Forced Marriage in South Sudan,” [...]
El Salvador: Authorize Abortion for Woman at Risk of Dying
(Washington, DC) – President Mauricio Funes of El Salvador should ensure that a woman who faces substantial risk of death [...]
Human Rights Watch Mourns Death of Cynthia Brown
(New York) – Human Rights Watch deeply mourns the death of Cynthia Brown, a colleague, friend and mentor for more than [...]
Canada: Safety of Indigenous Women Under UN Scrutiny
(Toronto) – The United Nations Human Rights Council adopted today the report on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Canada’s [...]
South Sudan: End Widespread Child Marriage
(Juba) – The government of South Sudan should increase efforts to protect girls from child marriage, Human Rights Watch said in [...]