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(Kyiv) – Russian forces now occupying most of Ukraine’s southeastern port city of Mariupol should ensure that civilians remaining in the city can leave in safety to Ukraine-controlled territory if they choose, Human Rights Watch said today. Older people, people with disabilities, and those who are sick or injured require

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Russian forces committed a litany of apparent war crimes during their occupation of Bucha, a town about 30 kilometers northwest of Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, from March 4 to 31, 2022, Human Rights Watch said in a detailed report released today. Human Rights Watch researchers who worked in Bucha from

On May 5, voters across London will go to the polls to elect their new local government representatives.

(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

The 19th annual Human Rights Watch Canada Film Festival (HRWFF), in its third year of partnership with Hot Docs, will present five films about key issues of the day to audiences in Toronto and, for the second time, digitally across Canada. The film festival is committed to amplifying courageous voices

On April 5, Belarus’s prosecutor general announced that Human Rights Watch’s website had been blocked, following an order by the Minsk City Prosecutor’s office.

(華沙)-人權觀察紀錄到俄羅斯軍隊在烏克蘭切爾尼戈夫(Chernihiv)、哈爾科夫(Kharkiv)和基輔(Kyiv)地區對佔領區平民實施多起違反戰爭法罪行。這些罪行發生在2022年2月27日到3月14日之間,包括:一起輪姦;兩起即審處決,一起六名男性,另一起一名男性;以及其他針對平民的非法暴力與威脅。並有士兵被指控對平民財物縱火,包括食物、衣物與柴薪。實施上述暴行人員應負戰爭罪刑責。 Life for Civilians in a Town Encircled by Russian Forces 「我們紀錄到的各種案件,可說是故意針對烏克蘭平民實施的不可言喻的殘忍暴行,」人權觀察歐洲與中亞區主任休・威廉森(Hugh Williamson)說。「俄羅斯武裝部隊對其拘押人員實施強姦、蓄意殺人和其他暴力行為,應以戰爭罪嫌加以偵辦。」 人權觀察當面或以電話訪談了10個人,包括目擊者、被害人和俄軍佔領區居民。部分受訪者要求僅以姓氏或化名呈現以保安全。 3月4日,俄軍在布查鎮(Bucha,位於基輔西北約30公里)抓捕五名男子,並處決其中一人。目擊者向人權觀察表示,

(Brussels) – European Union leaders should announce specific policy responses to the Chinese government’s atrocity crimes, Human Rights Watch said today.