Hong Kong: Beijing Tightens Social Control

(Tokyo) – Beijing has restructured Hong Kong’s governance to answer to Party leadership rather than Hong Kong’s people six years after imposing the draconian National Security Law, Human Rights Watch said today. “Hong Kong’s highly repressi

Cambodia: World Bank’s IFC Rejects Microfinance Harm Findings

The World Bank’s International Finance Corporation (IFC) rejected its ombudsman’s findings about harm related to investments in Cambodia’s microfinance sector, failing a critical test of accountability, Human Rights Watch said today. In its

US: Deaths in ICE Custody Surge Under Trump

(Washington, DC, June 25, 2026) – The rate of people dying in US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody has soared, with at least 52 deaths reported since the start of President Donald Trump’s current administration, Human Rights

Cameroon: Failed Promise to Reduce Gender-Based Violence

(Nairobi) – Cameroon’s government has blatantly failed to meet its decade-old commitment to substantially reduce violence against women and girls, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The failure leaves victims and survivors

US: Millions Lost Health Insurance When Subsidies Expired

(Washington, DC) – The United States Congress’ failure to extend public subsidies for private health insurance has caused millions to lose healthcare coverage, increasing financial hardship and deepening inequality, Human Rights Watch and O

Global rice production has doubled over 50 years; it is the result of a combination of human ingenuity and increased atmospheric CO2

A recent study acknowledges that global rice production has nearly doubled in the last 50 years.  While the study notes that human ingenuity is the most important factor in this increase, it also notes that carbon dioxide is “the primary en

Chlorine dioxide poses an existential threat to the pandemic-vaccine industry

The evidence for hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin being safe and effective against covid and numerous other diseases is overwhelming.  Yet the medical and media establishment have not only ignored this but demonised them and persecuted doc

How to end the Brexit shitshow

In European history, there is a pattern: every 50 or 75 years or so, the international order of its time, the institutions and the ideas, gradually drift out of alignment with reality. If you go back to the institutions built in the rubble

Bulgaria Licensed Surveillance Exports to Rights Violators

© 2026 Glenn Harvey for Human Rights Watch (Brussels, June 18, 2026) – The Bulgarian government between 2018 and 2023 licensed exports of surveillance equipment to countries that were likely to use it for internal repression or to commi

DR Congo: Engage Communities in Ebola Response

(Kinshasa) – The Congolese government and international partners should prioritize community engagement and limit the role of security forces in responding to the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Human Rights Watch sa

Dr. John Clauser: The IPCC is one of the worst sources of dangerous misinformation

Dr John Clauser, the 2022 Nobel Prize laureate in Physics, was a speaker at Quantum Korea 2023, an event where he addressed an audience of scientists and government officials, describing the proliferation of the perception of truth and pseu

Ebola: Profits, not wild animals, are driving WHO to declare public health emergencies

Ebola is rare and unlikely to cause a pandemic. Despite this, the World Health Organisation has declared the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda a public health emergency of international concern (“PHEIC”). The

Starmer issues ultimatum to technology companies to implement client-side scanning; this is the end of online privacy

Starmer has issued a three-month ultimatum for major technology firms to implement client-side scanning; so that all content on all digital devices sold or used in the UK can be scanned using a dystopian combination of age verification and

EU: Harmful Migration, Asylum Pact in Full Effect

(Brussels) – The new European Union Migration and Asylum Pact ushers in sweeping changes that undermine the right to asylum, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch released a question-and-answer document that explains the key cha