Israel has failed to comply with an order from the United Nations’ highest court to urgently provide aid to desperate people in the Gaza Stripas he said on Monday Human Rights Watch, a month after a historic verdict in The Hague that ordered Israel to exercise more restraint in its war. In a preliminary response […]
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Russia used cluster bombs in the Ukrainian city of Kharkov, according to Human Rights Watch
Updated on 03/04/2022 09:57 am The Russian army would have used cluster bombs, which make no distinction between military and civilian targets, in Kharkov (eastern Ukraine), which could constitute a war crime, said the Human Rights Watch (HRW) organization. Russian forces used these weapons”in at least three residential areas in Kharkov, Ukraine’s second largest city, […]
HRW Report Denounces Political Interference in Bolivian Justice
The lack of independence of the Bolivian Justice, the overcrowding that persists in the country’s prison system, excessive preventive detention and sexist violence are some of the aspects targeted by the annual report by the human rights organization Human Rights Watch (HRW ). The chapter on Bolivia of the HRW report on events of 2021, […]
HRW warns of the most serious setback in decades of human rights in Latin America
The attacks on judicial independence, freedom of the press and civil society make up a disturbing panorama that shows “the most serious setback in decades” in terms of human rights in Latin America, says the non-governmental organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) in its World Report 2022. This aggravation occurs in the midst of the COVID-19 […]
Human Rights Watch denounces arrests and systematic abuses against protesters in Cuba
Human Rights Watch (HRW) accused the Cuban government of systematically carrying out arbitrary arrests, mistreatment of detainees, and abusive trials, in retaliation for the peaceful protests of July 11. “When thousands of Cubans took to the streets in July, the government responded by deploying a brutal strategy of repression aimed at instilling fear among the […]