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Constant threats and backlash undermine women's rights around the globe, but women still continue to fight against repression.

This International Women's Day, we honor the courage of those working to improve the lives of women and girls everywhere.

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Civilians need protection during wartime.

Thousands of people remain arbitrarily detained in Iran and face possible torture and execution by Iran’s authorities.

People in detention facilities are unable to seek safety, so are at greater risk of injury or death from ongoing US-Israeli airstrikes. Prisoners who are arbitrarily detained should be released and authorities should implement domestic laws allowing for prisoners’ release or leave during armed conflict.

All parties to the conflict in Iran should respect international humanitarian law and prioritize the protection of civilians.

Read HRW’s statement at the link in our bio.

Civilians need protection during wartime.

Thousands of people remain arbitrarily detained in Iran and face possible torture and execution by Iran’s authorities.

People in detention facilities are unable to seek safety, so are at greater risk of injury or death from ongoing US-Israeli airstrikes. Prisoners who are arbitrarily detained should be released and authorities should implement domestic laws allowing for prisoners’ release or leave during armed conflict.

All parties to the conflict in Iran should respect international humanitarian law and prioritize the protection of civilians.

Read HRW’s statement at the link in our bio.

Human Rights Watch’s new report presents evidence showing that, since 2024, the Abu Dhabi-based security company, Global Security Services Group (GSSG) hired hundreds of Colombian private military contractors who deployed to Sudan to fight alongside the RSF, which is battling the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF).

HRW found evidence that private military contractors were in El Fasher, North Darfur’s capital, in October 2025, when the RSF took over the city and committed widespread killings and rape. The UN International Fact-Finding Mission on Sudan has said that these events bore “the hallmarks of genocide.”

Governments, as well as the European Union and African Union, should push for investigations, capable of leading to sanctions, into all those, including UAE officials, against whom there is credible evidence of providing military assistance to the Rapid Support Forces.

Read more at the link in bio.

Human Rights Watch’s new report presents evidence showing that, since 2024, the Abu Dhabi-based security company, Global Security Services Group (GSSG) hired hundreds of Colombian private military contractors who deployed to Sudan to fight alongside the RSF, which is battling the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF).

HRW found evidence that private military contractors were in El Fasher, North Darfur’s capital, in October 2025, when the RSF took over the city and committed widespread killings and rape. The UN International Fact-Finding Mission on Sudan has said that these events bore “the hallmarks of genocide.”

Governments, as well as the European Union and African Union, should push for investigations, capable of leading to sanctions, into all those, including UAE officials, against whom there is credible evidence of providing military assistance to the Rapid Support Forces.

Read more at the link in bio.

Human Rights Watch’s new report presents evidence showing that, since 2024, the Abu Dhabi-based security company, Global Security Services Group (GSSG) hired hundreds of Colombian private military contractors who deployed to Sudan to fight alongside the RSF, which is battling the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF).

HRW found evidence that private military contractors were in El Fasher, North Darfur’s capital, in October 2025, when the RSF took over the city and committed widespread killings and rape. The UN International Fact-Finding Mission on Sudan has said that these events bore “the hallmarks of genocide.”

Governments, as well as the European Union and African Union, should push for investigations, capable of leading to sanctions, into all those, including UAE officials, against whom there is credible evidence of providing military assistance to the Rapid Support Forces.

Read more at the link in bio.

Human Rights Watch’s new report presents evidence showing that, since 2024, the Abu Dhabi-based security company, Global Security Services Group (GSSG) hired hundreds of Colombian private military contractors who deployed to Sudan to fight alongside the RSF, which is battling the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF).

HRW found evidence that private military contractors were in El Fasher, North Darfur’s capital, in October 2025, when the RSF took over the city and committed widespread killings and rape. The UN International Fact-Finding Mission on Sudan has said that these events bore “the hallmarks of genocide.”

Governments, as well as the European Union and African Union, should push for investigations, capable of leading to sanctions, into all those, including UAE officials, against whom there is credible evidence of providing military assistance to the Rapid Support Forces.

Read more at the link in bio.

Human Rights Watch’s new report presents evidence showing that, since 2024, the Abu Dhabi-based security company, Global Security Services Group (GSSG) hired hundreds of Colombian private military contractors who deployed to Sudan to fight alongside the RSF, which is battling the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF).

HRW found evidence that private military contractors were in El Fasher, North Darfur’s capital, in October 2025, when the RSF took over the city and committed widespread killings and rape. The UN International Fact-Finding Mission on Sudan has said that these events bore “the hallmarks of genocide.”

Governments, as well as the European Union and African Union, should push for investigations, capable of leading to sanctions, into all those, including UAE officials, against whom there is credible evidence of providing military assistance to the Rapid Support Forces.

Read more at the link in bio.

Human Rights Watch’s new report presents evidence showing that, since 2024, the Abu Dhabi-based security company, Global Security Services Group (GSSG) hired hundreds of Colombian private military contractors who deployed to Sudan to fight alongside the RSF, which is battling the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF).

HRW found evidence that private military contractors were in El Fasher, North Darfur’s capital, in October 2025, when the RSF took over the city and committed widespread killings and rape. The UN International Fact-Finding Mission on Sudan has said that these events bore “the hallmarks of genocide.”

Governments, as well as the European Union and African Union, should push for investigations, capable of leading to sanctions, into all those, including UAE officials, against whom there is credible evidence of providing military assistance to the Rapid Support Forces.

Read more at the link in bio.

Human Rights Watch’s new report presents evidence showing that, since 2024, the Abu Dhabi-based security company, Global Security Services Group (GSSG) hired hundreds of Colombian private military contractors who deployed to Sudan to fight alongside the RSF, which is battling the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF).

HRW found evidence that private military contractors were in El Fasher, North Darfur’s capital, in October 2025, when the RSF took over the city and committed widespread killings and rape. The UN International Fact-Finding Mission on Sudan has said that these events bore “the hallmarks of genocide.”

Governments, as well as the European Union and African Union, should push for investigations, capable of leading to sanctions, into all those, including UAE officials, against whom there is credible evidence of providing military assistance to the Rapid Support Forces.

Read more at the link in bio.

NEW: The Trump administration has deported thousands of Cubans, many of them older adults, to Mexico, denying them due process and leaving many stranded without access to basic services.

“They’re casting us aside to die,” said Harold A. (pseudonym), a 58-year-old Cuban national.

A new HRW report documents US government abuses against Cubans and other third-country nationals deported to Mexico between January 2025 and March 2026. With no other recourse to obtain permanent residency in Mexico, many Cuban deportees, whose home government refuses to take them back, are trapped in a legal limbo.

The majority of the men HRW interviewed had lived in the US, predominantly in Florida, for years or decades after fleeing Cuba because of political repression or lack of economic opportunities. Many had built businesses, owned homes, and left family members behind in the US. Most are 60 or older and have chronic health conditions requiring ongoing medical treatment.

Read the full report at the link in bio.

NEW: The Trump administration has deported thousands of Cubans, many of them older adults, to Mexico, denying them due process and leaving many stranded without access to basic services.

“They’re casting us aside to die,” said Harold A. (pseudonym), a 58-year-old Cuban national.

A new HRW report documents US government abuses against Cubans and other third-country nationals deported to Mexico between January 2025 and March 2026. With no other recourse to obtain permanent residency in Mexico, many Cuban deportees, whose home government refuses to take them back, are trapped in a legal limbo.

The majority of the men HRW interviewed had lived in the US, predominantly in Florida, for years or decades after fleeing Cuba because of political repression or lack of economic opportunities. Many had built businesses, owned homes, and left family members behind in the US. Most are 60 or older and have chronic health conditions requiring ongoing medical treatment.

Read the full report at the link in bio.

NEW: The Trump administration has deported thousands of Cubans, many of them older adults, to Mexico, denying them due process and leaving many stranded without access to basic services.

“They’re casting us aside to die,” said Harold A. (pseudonym), a 58-year-old Cuban national.

A new HRW report documents US government abuses against Cubans and other third-country nationals deported to Mexico between January 2025 and March 2026. With no other recourse to obtain permanent residency in Mexico, many Cuban deportees, whose home government refuses to take them back, are trapped in a legal limbo.

The majority of the men HRW interviewed had lived in the US, predominantly in Florida, for years or decades after fleeing Cuba because of political repression or lack of economic opportunities. Many had built businesses, owned homes, and left family members behind in the US. Most are 60 or older and have chronic health conditions requiring ongoing medical treatment.

Read the full report at the link in bio.

NEW: Colombian private military contractors, apparently hired by a United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based company, transited through UAE military bases before being deployed to Sudan to support the abusive Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

This is further evidence indicating that the UAE is assisting or otherwise substantially contributing to the Rapid Support Forces’ capacity to commit war crimes.

Read HRW’s full investigation at the link in bio.

Israeli authorities’ violations of international humanitarian and human rights law have continued and are enabled and fueled by impunity. An impunity granted also by Europe’s inaction, which comes at an unbearable human and economic cost for millions in the region and beyond.

HRW’s Claudio Francavilla calls for concrete actions before the United Nations Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People.

Trials before the International Criminal Court do not focus on the responsibility of states, but on this instead. What is it?

Learn more and find the answer at the link in our bio.

A video shared by Israel’s National Security Minister Ben-Gvir shows Israeli security forces humiliating detained international activists.

When a senior minister taunts detainees on camera, it is a signal that abuse is not just tolerated but celebrated.

In Liberia, only 17 percent of children complete grade 9, and 1 in 3 children never attend school at all.

In a country where nearly half the population lives in poverty, parents reported taking on debt, going without food, and making extreme sacrifices to keep their children in school.

Human Rights Watch documents that mandatory fees place a heavy financial burden on families and violate children’s right to education.

Read more at the link in our bio.

The humanitarian infrastructure sustaining life in Gaza remains in peril over six months after the ceasefire agreement in October 2025.

As the Board of Peace prepares to brief the United Nations Security Council on May 21 on its newly-issued six-month progress report, Israeli authorities are undermining humanitarian lifelines.

Continuing Israeli attacks have killed at least 856 Palestinians and wounded 2,463 others, according to Gaza Health Ministry.

Read more at the link in our bio.

The humanitarian infrastructure sustaining life in Gaza remains in peril over six months after the ceasefire agreement in October 2025.

As the Board of Peace prepares to brief the United Nations Security Council on May 21 on its newly-issued six-month progress report, Israeli authorities are undermining humanitarian lifelines.

Continuing Israeli attacks have killed at least 856 Palestinians and wounded 2,463 others, according to Gaza Health Ministry.

Read more at the link in our bio.

"15 years in the making."

This week at the International Criminal Court, Libyan suspect Khaled El Hishri is at a hearing that could take him to trial for crimes against humanity and war crimes committed at Mitiga Prison in Tripoli.

HRW's Hanan Salah is in The Hague.

17 years ago, Sri Lanka’s civil war came to an end in Mullaitivu, Sri Lanka.

During the final clash between Sri Lankan military and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, tens of thousands of civilians were killed. 17 years on, there has been no accountability. Human Rights Watch's Elaine Pearson is in Sri Lanka ⤴️