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Burkina Faso: Islamist Armed Groups Massacre Civilians

(Nairobi) – Two Islamist armed groups have killed several dozen civilians in three separate attacks in northern Burkina Faso since May 2025, Human Rights Watch said today. These attacks violated international humanitarian law and are appare

Niger: Islamist Armed Group Executes Civilians, Burns Homes

(Nairobi) – The Islamist armed group Islamic State in the Sahel Province (IS Sahel) has escalated attacks on civilians in Niger since March 2025, Human Rights Watch said today. The attacks violated international humanitarian law and are app

Two Girls Shot in Gaza

War is brutal and inhuman, yet even so, some action on the battlefield is still acknowledged as being unacceptable. Depending upon their nature and severity, some incidents may be regarded as morally wrong, and others may be deemed war crim

DR Congo: M23 Mass Killings Near Virunga National Park

(Nairobi) – The Rwandan-controlled M23 armed group summarily executed over 140 civilians, largely ethnic Hutu, in at least 14 villages and farming areas in July 2025 near Virunga National Park, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Human Ri

Cyprus: US and Israel Clash with Turkey over Control of the Eastern Mediterranean

In May 2025, the 8th President of the Republic of Cyprus, Nikos Christodoulides, welcomed the President of the infanticidal Zionist project with open arms: Neighbours, friends, strategic partners. A forward-looking discussion with my good f

The War against the Druze to Achieve the Zionist David’s Corridor in Syria

Who Are the Druze? The Druze are considered to be a secretive sect; a relatively closed community, predominantly found in Syria, Lebanon, and Israel. The Druze ideology originated as an offshoot of Islam during the 10th century. They incorp

Desperate Pleas from Starving Palestinians Shouldn’t Be Ignored

Last summer, my son, then two months old, got sick while visiting family in California. Before our eyes, he rapidly lost weight, falling below his birth weight, until his body went into shock. Doctors later told us he almost died. I will ne

Mali: Army, Wagner Group Disappear, Execute Fulani Civilians

(Nairobi) – Mali’s armed forces and the allied Russia-backed Wagner Group have committed dozens of summary executions and enforced disappearances of ethnic Fulani men since January 2025, Human Rights Watch said today. The Malian army and th

‘Vanuatu Independence’: From the fight for independence from colonial powers to the fight for independence from the United Nations

‘Vanuatu Independence’ is a hard-hitting documentary, chronicling how Vanuatu gained its independence in 1980 from its colonial powers, France and England. It exposes the foreign influence that was always present behind the curtain, even to

Sudan: Armed Forces Airstrikes in South Darfur

(Nairobi, June 4, 2025) – The Sudanese Armed Forces used unguided air-dropped bombs to carry out attacks in residential and commercial neighborhoods in Nyala, South Darfur in early February 2025, Human Rights Watch said today. The indiscrim

DR Congo: Rwanda-backed M23 Executed Civilians in Goma

(Nairobi) – The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group summarily executed at least 21 civilians and most likely many more in Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, on February 22-23, 2025, Human Rights Watch said today. The M23 has occupied Gom

Ukraine: Escalating Russian Attacks on Civilians

(Kyiv, May 22, 2025) – Russian attacks in Ukraine since January 2025 have killed and injured more civilians than in the same period in 2024, Human Rights Watch said today. Governments, particularly the Trump administration, should use their

South Sudan: 3 Years On, No Justice for Abuses in Southern Unity

(Nairobi) – South Sudan’s authorities have yet to bring to justice those responsible for brutal and fatal attacks on civilians three years ago in southern Unity state, Human Rights Watch said today. Between February and May 2022, county off

Burkina Faso: Army Directs Ethnic Massacres

(Nairobi) – The Burkina Faso army led and participated in the massacre of more than 130, possibly many more, ethnic Fulani civilians by pro-government militias in the western Boucle du Mouhoun region in March 2025, Human Rights Watch said t

Bill Gates is funding wireless, remote-controlled, injectable birth control devices

Since 2014, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has been funding the development of a birth control device in the form of a chip that is implanted under the skin and can be remotely controlled to release hormones that make a woman inferti