#高市早苗首相 率いる新政権は、#人権 を外交政策の軸に据えるべきだと、ヒューマン・ライツ・ウォッチは2025年11月6日付の書簡で述べました。#日本政府 は、アジアそして世界における民主的統治と法の支配を率先して促進し、人権を守る決意を示すべきです。 https://bit.ly/4oLKcAd

Today, @hrw.org released the 1st major report on tax, documenting how policies that favor the rich drove Sri Lanka into economic crisis & starved its public education system. UN tax treaty negotiations are historic chance to address a root cause. www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...

国連が、スリランカでの恣意的な拘禁、拷問、拘束中の死亡などの根深く組織的な人権侵害を報告しました。9月の国連人権理事会は、スリランカのアカウンタビリティ・プロジェクトを更新する決議を行うべきです。 また、日本政府は決議を支持するとともに、スリランカ政府に対しても決議を支持するよう説得するべきです。 bit.ly/3UP8xYu

#イスラエル 軍は、 #米国 が支援する新たな援助物資配布システムの配布所で、飢餓にあえぐ #パレスチナ 人の文民に発砲や砲撃を恒常的に行っています。これらは国際法に対する重大な違反行為であり、戦争犯罪に相当します。 https://bit.ly/45WbSdx

"Cambodian dissidents who thought they had found safety in Japan are still facing threats delivered not to their own doors, but to the homes of loved ones left behind, according to a new Human Rights Watch report." www.scmp.com/week-asia/pe...

The Cambodian government has sought to deter public criticism of the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) by targeting dissidents abroad and supporters of opposition political parties, as well as their relatives in Cambodia. www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...

カンボジア当局は、カンボジア政府を公に批判している日本在住のカンボジア人に対して嫌がらせを行っていると、ヒューマン・ライツ・ウォッチは本日述べた。 www.hrw.org/ja/news/2025...

The Japanese govt should establish support mechanisms so Cambodian exiles being harassed by the Cambodian govt have a place to turn for help and swiftly establish a national system to investigate cases of transnational repression. @teppeikasai.bsky.social @hrw.org www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...

🚨New @hrw.org finds that #Thailand is threatening, extorting, and detaining #Myanmar nationals who have fled the abusive military junta to seek safety in Thailand. The Thai government should introduce a temporary protection regime for Myanmar nationals. www.hrw.org/news/2025/07...

"The Japanese government’s expression of concern over the junta’s plans is a good start, but it should do more. Japan should persuade other governments ... to publicly rebuke the junta’s election plans and not provide technical support for a process that simply cannot be credible, free or fair"

Japan must stop its retaliation against UN women's rights committee. Tokyo shouldn’t align with China & US in attacking the global rights system. By @hrw's @teppeikasai.bsky.social & Lucy McKernan asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/Japa...

Sweden and Denmark should follow Japan's example and accept medical evacuations from Gaza, to save lives.

As #Japan prepares to accept medical evacuees from #Gaza, it should urge the #Israeli gov't to lift the unlawful blockade, ensure the free flow of humanitarian aid, and fully restore basic services like electricity and water. shorturl.at/C1Fe8

死刑囚として半世紀にわたり拘禁された袴田巌さんに対する再審無罪判決は、日本の刑事司法制度に大改革が必要であることを示しています。 @hrw.orgが発表した #世界人権年鑑2025 の #日本 のチャプターでは、日本の刑事司法制度が持つ「人質司法」という大きな問題を含め、以下の人権状況について検証しました。 ・死刑制度 ・刑事司法制度 ・刑務所の状況 ・女性の権利 ・性的指向と性自認（SOGI） ・庇護希望者と難民 ・移民労働者の権利 ・レイシャル・プロファイリング ・外国籍の子どもの教育権 ・障がい者の権利 bit.ly/3CbPEsX #世界人権年鑑2025 #Rights2025

📢🚨 @hrw.org は100カ国以上の人権状況を検証した年次報告書『世界人権年鑑2025』を発表しました。 ―権威主義と抑圧が強まり、武力紛争が激しくなっているからこそ、各国政府にはこれまで以上に普遍的人権を尊重して擁護することが求められている。（ハッサン代表） bit.ly/4jeejOl #世界人権年鑑2025 #Rights2025

The @hrw.org World Report 2025 is out now and available to read chapter by chapter, or download as a complete book here: www.hrw.org/world-report... #Rights2025 Press conference being live streamed now.

"U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's return to the White House next week threatens freedoms at home and abroad, the head of Human Rights Watch said on Thursday, warning that his second term could be more damaging than his first." www.reuters.com/world/human-...

ヒューマン・ライツ・ウォッチは、100か国以上の人権状況を検証した年次報告書『世界人権年鑑2025』を来週発表します！ 発表記者会見をタイ・バンコクにて1月17日（金）午後0時30分（現地時間：午前10時30分）より行います。 ご興味のある方は[email protected]までメールでお問い合わせください📩

Thai authorities should immediately and thoroughly investigate the killing of a former Cambodian opposition politician in Bangkok, Human Rights Watch said today. www.hrw.org/news/2025/01...

本日12月10日は #世界人権デー🌏 世界人権デーは76年前の1948年12月10日に国連総会で #世界人権宣言 が採択されたことを記念する国際デーです。世界人権宣言は第一条で「すべての人間は、生れながらにして自由であり、かつ、尊厳と権利とについて平等である」と定めています。

Amnesty International’s new landmark report concludes that Israeli authorities have committed – and still are committing - genocide against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip. Full report, out now. www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

On December 2, the Brussels Court of Appeal found the Belgian government guilty of crimes against humanity in Congo during Belgian colonial rule and ordered it to pay compensation as a form of reparation. It's a landmark win for the reparations movement. www.hrw.org/news/2024/12...

This new decree, halting the training of new female healthcare workers, will result in unnecessary pain, misery, sickness, and death for the women forced to go without health care, as there won’t be female healthcare workers to treat them. www.hrw.org/news/2024/12...

Landmark win for the reparations movement! A Belgian court ruling found the Belgian govt guilty of crimes against humanity in Congo during Belgian colonial rule & ordered it to pay compensation as a form of reparation. Hard fought justice for survivors! www.hrw.org/news/2024/12...

ファーストリテイリングの柳井社長がBBCのインタビューに対して、ユニクロは中国の新彊自治区産の綿花を使っていないと初めて明言した。同社長は、過去に本件は「政治的」であるとして明言を避けてきた。 www.bbc.com/japanese/art...

The CEO of Fast Retailing, which owns Uniqlo, told the BBC the apparel company doesn't use cotton produced in Xinjiang, China. It appears to be the first time the CEO addressed the issue, previously deflecting it as being too "political." www.bbc.com/news/article...

ICC chief prosecutor has asked judges to issue an arrest warrant for the head of #Myanmar’s military regime for crimes committed against the country’s #Rohingya Muslim minority. A long-overdue but a welcome development for the victims of horrifying atrocities. @hrw.org's statement⬇️

With more than two years having passed since Japan last conducted an execution, calls for the abolition of capital punishment in the country are growing again following the acquittal of former death row inmate Iwao Hakamata in a retrial.

HRW statement following ICC prosecutor's request for an arrest warrant re: Myanmar's Min Aung Hlaing:

US Envoy to #Sudan said the US is working to stop countries providing weapons to the warring parties, in violation of a UN arms embargo. In reality, the US has done little to stop such practices by its allies such as #UAE. Meanwhile: 14mio forcibly displaced. 26mio hungry apnews.com/article/suda...

Myanmar’s military forces are increasingly using banned antipersonnel landmines that indiscriminately kill and injure people. Landmine casualties and contamination have been documented for the first time in all 14 Myanmar states and regions.

The Miyagi prefectural police referred a Chinese graduate student to prosecutors for allegedly violating article 161-2 of Japan's penal code including by registering himself under a fake Japanese name to attend events hosted by advocacy group Japan-Uyghur Association. www.sankei.com/article/2024...

Ahead of next year's 59th UN Human Rights Council, @hrw.org submitted information regarding abuses against imprisoned women in Japan. Read more here: www.hrw.org/news/2024/11...

The International Criminal Court (ICC) judges’ decision to issue arrest warrants against senior Israeli leaders and a Hamas official in the face of strong opposition – including from the United States and Israel – deserves international support, @hrw.org said today. www.hrw.org/news/2024/11...

The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants against Benjamin Netanyahu, Yoav Gallant, and Mohammed Diab Ibrahim al-Masri. These warrants should push the international community to address atrocities and secure justice for all victims in Palestine and Israel.

Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi expressed "serious" concern over the ruling against HK's pro-democracy activists, saying JP will work with the intl. comm. to urge Chinese and HK authorities to respect the rights and freedoms of people in HK. www.kantei.go.jp/jp/tyoukanpr...

#Myanmar’s military forces are increasingly using banned antipersonnel landmines that indiscriminately kill and injure people across the country, @hrw.org said today. Other countries actively using antipersonnel mines are Russia, Iran, and North Korea. www.hrw.org/news/2024/11...