March 29, 2023
Tanzania: Govt Undermines Right to Health of Maasai Community
Visiting US Vice President Kamala Harris Should Urge Government to Respect Read more »
March 17, 2023
Uganda: Human Rights Watch Submission to the Uganda Parliament Committee On Legal and Parliamentary Affairs On the 2023 Anti-Homosexuality Bill
Human Rights Watch submission to the Uganda Parliament Committee on Legal and Parliamentary Affairs on the Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2023 Read more »
March 15, 2023
Rwanda: Rwanda - Questionable Trial After Journalist's Death
86 Organizations Reiterate Call for an Independent Investigation Read more »
March 14, 2023
Burundi: Free Five Rights Defenders
Drop Charges; End Civil Society Crackdown Read more »
March 09, 2023
Uganda: New Anti-Gay Bill Further Threatens Rights
Follows Broader Crackdown on LGBT-Rights Groups, Civil Society in General Read more »
Burundi: African Commission Calls for Justice in Burundi
12 Years On, a Blatant Political Killing Still Merits Meaningful Investigation Read more »
March 08, 2023
Ethiopia: Benchmarked Approach On Human Rights and Accountability for the EU's Reengagement in Ethiopia
To: Read more »
March 07, 2023
South Sudan: UN Human Rights Council Should Maintain Efforts to Challenge Impunity Continuing to Fuel Grave Abuses
HRW Statement - Item 2 Enhanced Interactive Dialogue with the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan - HRC52 Read more »
February 28, 2023
Ethiopia: Threats to Terminate the Mandate of the International Commission of Human Rights Experts On Ethiopia
To: Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the United Nations Human Rights Council Read more »
February 24, 2023
Somalia: Revamp Intelligence Agency Bill
Draft Law Grants Abusive Agency Broad Powers of Detention, Surveillance Read more »
February 22, 2023
Tanzania: Tanzania Should Halt Plan to Relocate Maasai Pastoralists
Tanzania's policies on conservation and its ongoing impacts on Maasai people in Ngorongoro district highlight how communities historically marginalized by oppression still wrestle… Read more »
February 19, 2023
East Africa: South Sudanese Refugee Goes Missing in Kenya - Human Rights Watch
Authorities Should Reveal Morris Mabior Awikjok Bak's Wellbeing and Whereabouts Read more »
February 14, 2023
Mauritius: Fifty Years on, Islanders Can't Go Home
Expulsion of Chagos Islands' Indigenous People an Ongoing Colonial Crime Read more »
February 10, 2023
Eritrea: Rights Group Alleges Govt Crackdown On Families of Draft Evaders
Collective Punishment Over Forced Conscription Campaign Read more »
February 09, 2023
Rwanda: No Clarity Over Journalist's Death in Rwanda
"Suspect" Convicted of Manslaughter After Hasty, Quiet Trial Read more »
Eritrea: Eritrea - Crackdown On Draft Evaders' Families
Collective Punishment Over Forced Conscription Campaign Read more »
February 06, 2023
Congo-Kinshasa: Abuses by M23, Militias Aided by Army, Foment Ethnic Violence in North Kivu
The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group has committed summary executions and forced recruitment of civilians in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Human Rights Watch said today. The… Read more »
February 03, 2023
South Sudan: Rights Abuses Overshadow Pope's Visit
Ensure Justice for Victims; Expand Civic Space Read more »
February 02, 2023
Tanzania: Tanzania's Eviction of Maasai Pastoralists Continues
In June 2022, residents of Loliondo division in northern Tanzania's Ngorongoro district protested what they said was a government move to evict them from their ancestral land in… Read more »
Burundi: Journalist's Conviction Violates Free Speech Rights
Release Floriane Irangabiye; End Politicized Prosecutions Read more »
January 31, 2023
Rwanda: Call to Ensure Independent Investigation into Death of Investigative Journalist John Williams Ntwali
Joint Statement by 90 Civil Society Organizations and Press Associations Read more »
January 17, 2023
Kenya: Submission to the UN Committee On Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
We write in advance of the 72nd pre-session of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights regarding Kenya's compliance with the International Covenant on Economic,… Read more »
January 20, 2023
Rwanda: Suspicious Death of Investigative Journalist
Effective, Independent Investigation Needed to Establish Circumstances Read more »
January 18, 2023
Rwanda: Politician Convicted for Harming The Country's Image
Respect Free Speech; Free Detainees; Repeal Abusive Penal Code Provision Read more »
January 11, 2023
Rwanda: Rwanda's President Politicizes Refugee Rights
This week, Rwandan President Paul Kagame delivered a stark warning to refugees fleeing renewed violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo: "We cannot keep being host to refugees… Read more »