HRW Opposition to CARE Court, California SB 1338

Senator Tom Umberg Senator Susan Talamantes Eggman California State Senate Sacramento, Ca.

HRW Opposition to CARE Court, California AB 2830

Assembly Member Mark Stone Chair, Judiciary Committee California State Assembly 1021 O Street, Suite 5740 Sacramento, CA 94249 Re: Human Rights Watch’s Opposition to CARE Court (AB 2830) Dear Assembly Member Stone: Human Rights Watch has carefully reviewed AB 2830[1] and the proposed framework for the Community Assistance,

Angola: Police Arrest, Charge 22 Peaceful Protesters

(Johannesburg) – Angolan authorities should immediately drop criminal charges against 22 protesters arrested during peaceful protests in Luanda on April 9, 2022, Human Rights Watch said today. The activists had gathered to march against the detention of political prisoners and to call for free and fair elections. Those detained included Laurinda

US State Department Improves Reporting on Reproductive Rights

In a new report released today, the US State Department took an important step to more fully account for reproductive rights around the world and the violations most often experienced by women and girls, which strike at the heart of dignity and human rights. Reproductive rights are internationally recognized and

You have just 24 hours left to have your say on the WHO’s “Pandemic Treaty”

Since December of last year the World Health Organization has been developing a new “international treaty on pandemic prevention and preparedness”. Such a treaty is likely to include international digital ID papers, as well as commitments to making and marketing new “vaccines” in less than three months You can read

Caruzo -- How China, Green Policies, and Democratic Socialism Destroyed Sri Lanka

The collapse of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka has no brakes.

The Human Rights Watch Film Festival Returns to New York

(New York) The Human Rights Watch Film Festival, now in its 33rd year, will present a full edition of 10 groundbreaking new films, available both in person and online nationwide in the US from May 20 to 26, 2022. For the first time in two years, the New York festival

Brazil Court Reviews Bolsonaro’s Environmental Policies

Despite the continued roar of chainsaws clearing the rainforest for soy fields and cattle herds, there’s now a new glimmer of hope for the Brazilian Amazon.

Self-Ascribed Paranormal Ability: Reflexive Thematic Analysis

This study investigated personal perceptions (involvements) and comprehensions (interpretations) of self-ascribed paranormal abilities.

Central African Republic: First Trial at the Special Criminal Court

The opening of the first trial at the Special Criminal Court (SCC) in the Central African Republic will take place on April 19, 2022.

Central African Republic: War Crimes Court’s First Trial

(Nairobi) – The opening of the first trial at the Central African Republic’s Special Criminal Court (SCC) on April 19, 2022 represents significant progress in the difficult effort to see justice for grave crimes committed in the country, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch issued a question-and-answer document

Sri Lanka: Man Found Dead in Driver's Seat After Waiting Hours for Gasoline

Police in southern Sri Lanka’s Galle city found a 43-year-old man “dead in the driver’s seat” of his vehicle on Monday after he had waited in a gasoline line “for hours” amid Sri Lanka’s dire fuel shortage, the local News First website reported. “Police said that the

50% of Women Had a False-Positive Mammogram After 10 Years

STORY AT-A-GLANCE The effectiveness of consistent early screening mammograms has been studied for many years with mixed results.

NYC is Rising Again and So Are Rent Prices, Driving Some Tenants Out

People who fled New York City during the coronavirus pandemic to live with relatives or to second homes are returning, driving up rental prices and ending the hopes of young people who want to live in their own apartment. The New York Times spoke with some of those tenants, including

Radical Environmentalists Slammed for Urging People to Deflate Tires

A radical environmental group encouraged followers to deflate SUV tires as a way to fight so-called “climate change,” but received backlash on social media.