UN experts and civil society expressed deep concern about Tunisia’s intensifying human rights crises at the Human Rights Council. But the continued silence from member states all but signaled a free pass for authorities to continue their crackdown: www.hrw.org/news/2026/07...

Egyptian authorities are denying medical care to Ahmed al-Waleed al-Shal, a death row prisoner with an apparent brain tumor, following a forced disappearance and an unfair trial: www.hrw.org/news/2026/07...

Tunisian courts sentenced eight human rights defenders to prison terms and fines in recent days for charges connected to their human rights work, including two prominent women, Sihem Bensedrine and Saadia Mosbah, who were handed harsh sentences: www.hrw.org/news/2026/07...

The Israel-Lebanon framework agreement signed in DC on June 26 threatens to betray war crimes victims in Lebanon, Parts of the text appear to be aimed at preventing victims of serious international crimes from seeking justice before international forums: www.hrw.org/news/2026/07...

HRW found many refugees and asylum seekers in Egypt have faced a months-long campaign of arbitrary arrest, unlawful detention, and deportation. Authorities are arresting those whose residency permits have expired due to the government’s own delays: www.hrw.org/news/2026/07...

HRW: Libyan authorities have used incendiary rhetoric and pursued a campaign of mass detention and expulsions of migrants, asylum seekers, and refugees, sparking anti-migrant protests: www.hrw.org/news/2026/07...

Amnesty: Tunisian authorities must immediately overturn racist and xenophobic policies that have systematically excluded refugees and asylum seekers from protection, restore access to asylum procedures, halt unlawful expulsions, and stop repressing civil society www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

The Trump administration’s move to terminate Temporary Protected Status for Haitians has triggered widespread fear among communities in Florida of family separation, job loss, and deportation to a country engulfed by violence and a humanitarian crisis: www.hrw.org/news/2026/07...

The EU's obligation to ban trade with Israel’s illegal settlements is not a question—it's an obligation. But it has spent decades expressing “concerns” while Palestinians suffered atrocity crimes as Israel’s illegal settlement policy and abuses intensified www.hrw.org/news/2026/06...

Le Monde: Kais Saied versus Tunisia's civil society. " After targeting political opponents, the 'judicial madness' has now turned its sights on human rights activists and journalists who dare to criticize the president's policies." www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/a...

3 years after MoU w/ #Tunisia, #EU policy let human rights down & exposed EU officials to bullying & humiliation. @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu: take stock of this failure, push for reset that ties relation to real human rights progress Our letter 👇 www.hrw.org/news/2026/06... @eudiplomacy.bsky.social

A Tunis court has sentenced Sihem Bensedrine, a prominent human rights defender and former president of the Truth and Dignity Commission, to a total of 25 years in prison and a heavy fine, apparently in retaliation for her work.

A Tunis court today sentenced Sihem Bensedrine, 75, a prominent human rights defender to 25 years in prison in apparent retaliation for her work. The sentence reflects the cruelty of the governments attempt to strangle human rights in Tunisia. www.hrw.org/news/2026/06...

The arrest of at least 209 people in the Turkish capital, Ankara, ahead of the July 7-8 NATO summit there highlights Türkiye’s ruthless intolerance of freedom of speech and assembly www.hrw.org/news/2026/06...

HRW: Demonstrations demanding accountability for Assad-era crimes in Syria have coincided with a rise in vigilante attacks and identity-based incitement between June 13 and 17 www.hrw.org/news/2026/06...

Congress’ failure to extend public subsidies for private health insurance has caused millions to lose healthcare coverage in the US, increasing financial hardship and deepening inequality: www.hrw.org/news/2026/06...

Gulf countries are exposing migrant workers to yet another deadly summer without adequate occupational health and safety protections as temperatures soar to dangerous levels: www.hrw.org/news/2026/06...

Human Rights Watch found that Trump’s deployment of thousands of federal immigration agents to Minnesota led to widespread human rights violations, terrorized residents, and spotlighted the deeply abusive patterns in US immigration enforcement www.hrw.org/news/2026/06...

Amnesty: Tunisia should quash unjust convictions of anti-racism activists Saadia Mosbah and Mnemty staff www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

Syria’s 14-year conflict left behind over 1.5 million Syrians with war-caused disabilities. Syria’s minister of social affairs has called on international partners to scale up support for rehabilitation and disability rights programs: www.hrw.org/news/2026/06...

HRW: Israeli authorities are accelerating home demolitions and forced evictions of Palestinian residents in the Silwan district of occupied East Jerusalem. Over 2,000 people are at risk of forced displacement www.hrw.org/news/2026/06...

US officials have still not publicly acknowledged responsibility for the deaths or released a report on their findings from an investigation into the Feb 28 strike on a school in Iran. HRW found the strike should be investigated as a war crime www.nytimes.com/2026/06/16/u...

The Qatari authorities have since March ordered at least four people with roles in key institutions of the minority Baha’i religion to leave the country. The four were ordered to leave without due process and with no legal pathway to challenge the orders. www.hrw.org/news/2026/06...

The International Labour Organization’s (ILO) adoption of a new global treaty for decent working conditions in the gig economy is a major step toward protecting the rights of millions of workers worldwide www.hrw.org/news/2026/06...

Gulf governments have intensified restrictions on the rights to freedom of expression, association, and peaceful assembly amid ongoing conflict and economic turmoil. These latest measures exacerbate existing restrictions on migrant workers www.hrw.org/news/2026/06...

The Bahraini government on April 27 revoked the nationality of 69 citizens, including infants. All were Shia Muslims of Iranian heritage. At least 46 people, more than half of them children, were rendered stateless. www.hrw.org/news/2026/06...

HRW: Israeli killings of civilians and displacement of hundreds of thousands of Lebanese civilians have continued unabated, despite the declaration of a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah on April 17 www.hrw.org/news/2026/06...

HRW: World Cup corporate partners and sponsors should join calls for an “ICE Truce,” a public commitment from United States federal officials to refrain from immigration enforcement operations at all World Cup events and venues www.hrw.org/news/2026/06...

With all eyes on the finals, HRW found the NBA risks sportswashing the UAE’s egregious human rights record by expanding its financial partnership with its government: www.hrw.org/news/2026/06...

Job alert: Human Rights Watch is hiring a senior researcher on US criminal justice: job-boards.greenhouse.io/humanrightsw...

40 organizations condemn Tunisian authorities’ escalating and systematic campaign of intimidation, obstruction and retaliation against lawyers, judges, the Bar Association, magistrates’ associations and independent civil society organizations www.icj.org/internationa...

The new European Union Migration and Asylum Pact ushers in sweeping changes that undermine the right to asylum. HRW released a question-and-answer document that explains the key changes to EU asylum laws and procedures and the risks for people’s rights: www.hrw.org/news/2026/06...

Amnesty: The international community’s tacit or explicit support for Israeli crimes or their failure to stop them has emboldened the Israeli authorities to escalate a brutal campaign to forcibly displace Palestinians and expand its control in the West Bank www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

HRW is hiring a Myanmar researcher based in Southeast Asia: job-boards.greenhouse.io/humanrightsw...

HRW has prepared a briefing note on the human rights crisis in Tunisia ahead of the upcoming UN Human Rights Council, more here: www.hrw.org/news/2026/06...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk: the expansion of sanctions imposed by the U.S. against Cuba is causing widespread harm to the population and endangering lives www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

While widespread and abusive detention has become one of the Egypt's most pressing human rights and political issues, the authorities’ apparent response has been more detentions: www.hrw.org/news/2026/06...

The de facto Houthi authorities in Yemen should immediately and unconditionally release the dozens of staff from the United Nations and Yemeni and international civil society organizations who have been arbitrarily detained over the last two years www.hrw.org/news/2026/06...

The US government is conditioning lifesaving health assistance on broad access to surveillance data and extractive rights to pathogen samples and data for pharmaceutical development: www.hrw.org/news/2026/06...

HRW has found Israel continues to illegally use white phosphorus over civilian areas in Lebanon www.nytimes.com/2026/06/06/w...

Most discussion of artificial intelligence and work is about the future: which jobs may disappear, which skills may lose value, which workers may be replaced. But for millions of gig workers, for online platforms such as Uber, this future is already here www.hrw.org/news/2026/06...

UN experts alarmed by escalating settler terror and displacement in West Bank. "Relentless attacks by the settler-colonial movement, carried out with the support and acquiescence of the Israeli State" www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

HRW: People with disabilities in Egypt face systemic barriers to their right to work amid poor implementation of a 2018 disability rights law. They face discriminatory hiring practices, inaccessible workplaces, and underpaid sham roles www.hrw.org/news/2026/06...

Bahraini authorities have excluded migrant workers from an emergency wage support program during the Iran war. Migrant workers, 3/4 of the private work force, are excluded even though they contributed to the fund for years. Many are now in dire situations www.hrw.org/news/2026/06...

US Federal regulators should act urgently to prevent millions of low income people from losing Medicaid under new work requirements. They have until June 1 to issue guidance on the rules, which risk undermining the right to health and worsening inequality www.hrw.org/news/2026/05...

Lebanon’s accession to the Mine Ban Treaty amid an ongoing armed conflict underscores its vital importance for saving lives and rebuilding communities. The decision should motivate other countries to support the global norm against antipersonnel mines www.hrw.org/news/2026/05...

HRW: Colombian private military contractors, apparently hired by a UAE-based company, transited through UAE military bases before deploying to Sudan to support the abusive RSF—further evidence the UAE is contributing to the RSF's capacity to commit war crimes www.hrw.org/news/2026/05...

The UN Committee against Torture has again found that Morocco violated the rights of Sahrawi detainees linked to the Gdeim Izik camp protest in Western Sahara: www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

The humanitarian infrastructure sustaining life in Gaza remains in peril 6 months after the ceasefire. Israeli authorities are undermining humanitarian lifelines and continuing Israeli attacks have killed at least 856 Palestinians and wounded 2,463 others www.hrw.org/news/2026/05...

Executions in 2025 soared to the highest figure recorded by Amnesty International since 1981—44 years ago—with 2,707 people executed across 17 countries last year www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...