Human Rights Watch

Barriers, Xenophobia, Weakening Oversight Could Undermine Vote’s Credibility Concerns about irregularities, political interference, and security pressures risk putting the credibility and inclusiveness of key elections in the Central African Republic into question, Human Rights Watch said today. The vote, scheduled for December 28, 2025, will include presidential and parliamentary elections, but also municipal elections for the […]

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Ensure Safe Release of Victims, Protect Schools from Attacks Nigerian authorities should act urgently to secure the safe release of students and teachers recently kidnapped in the country’s northwest and take concrete steps to protect schools and communities from further attacks, Human Rights Watch said today. The groups responsible for the kidnappings should immediately release […]

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Government and Commissioner’s Reports Exclude Key Violations The African Commission for Human and Peoples’ Rights should act decisively to address the dire, protracted human rights crisis in Egypt following its review of the situation in the country, 22 organizations said today. The commission has found Egypt in breach of numerous articles of the African Charter on […]

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Concerned Governments Should Act to Prevent Further Abuses The fragile truce largely insulating civilians in northern Ethiopia from war crimes and other abuses may be unraveling. With many countries focused elsewhere, it is increasingly important that influential governments mobilize swiftly to prevent a resurgence of atrocities in the northern Tigray region that could spread further. […]

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When European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen asked EU’s newly appointed top diplomat Kaja Kallas in September 2024 to develop a “renewed approach to the Sahel,” she sent a clear signal: the European Union should put an end to an erratic policy toward the West-African region that undermined its core interests to security and […]

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