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Clara Long, researcher
Mismanagement and lack of coordination among EU governments contributed to a political and humanitarian crisis in 2015, when over one million asylum seekers, migrants, and refugees reached Europe by sea…
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— Antonio Ginatta, US advocacy director
— Kenneth Roth, executive director at Human Rights Watch
State’s Double Dealing a Threat to LGBT Rights
in South Africa
This is a pick-and-choose approach to human rights, and it can only
end badly…
Journalist Killed in Kiev Car Explosion
Pavel Sheremet was known for often raising human rights issues in his work, and for his biting criticism of authorities and anti-corruption investigations. Although at this stage, the full facts surrounding the explosion, including those potentially responsible and motives, are unknown, past unresolved attacks on journalists have had a chilling effect on media freedom in Ukraine.
Extrajudicial Police Killings in Brazil Undercut Security in the Lead-up to the Rio Olympics
Rio police have killed more than 8,000 people in the past decade, including at least 645 in 2015.
Foreigners Endangered in Libya
Newly documented abuses include torture, rape, and killings in squalid detention centers where migrants, including people intercepted at sea by the Libyan Coast Guards, are detained.
The EU isn’t sending people back to Libya, knowing that’s unlawful, so it wants to outsource the dirty work to Libyan forces,” said Judith Sunderland, associate Europe and Central Asia director at Human Rights Watch. “The EU – soon perhaps with NATO’s help – is basically deputizing Libyan forces to help seal Europe’s border.”
Hamas Should Halt Executions
On May 26, the authorities in Gaza announced a plan to execute 13 people convicted of murder and sentenced to death.
Human Rights Watch opposes the death penalty in all circumstances, because it is inherently cruel and irreversible, and has documented serious abuses in criminal justice in Gaza that make the May 31 executions particularly egregious.




