Human Rights Watch

Egypt this week passed its first bill to grant asylum to migrants, which has sparked opposition from human rights advocates who fear security concerns will override migrant protection.

The bill, ratified on Tuesday by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, aims to respond to the mass arrival of refugees arriving in the country, mainly from Sudan and the Gaza Strip.

Two Turkish journalists of Kurdish origin have been killed in northern Syria where they were covering clashes between Turkish-backed militants on one side and United States-backed militants on the other, a Turkish journalists’ association and an NGO said today.

Human Rights Watch on Thursday accused Israel of committing "acts of genocide" in the Gaza Strip by damaging water infrastructure and cutting off supplies to civilians, calling on the international community to impose targeted sanctions.

People shop in a street in Damascus, on Dec. 10, 2024.

As several international organizations perceive a rare chance to pursue justice for the human rights atrocities committed during the rule of Bashar al-Assad in Syria, Human Rights Watch has described the moment as "an opportunity to turn the page."

Arrest warrants issued yesterday against Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu, former Defense Minister Yoav Galland and the head of the armed forces department of Hamas Mohammed Daif represent a historic development for the International Criminal Court, which has been struggling for 22 years to have its jurisdiction recognized and to gain enforcement powers.

Israeli forces reportedly stormed a clearly marked UN base in Lebanon and used white phosphorus near UN peacekeepers, injuring 15, according to a classified report brought to light by the Financial Times.

Iranian authorities executed two men in public on Monday, September 29, for the killing of a police officer during an armed robbery in central Iran.

Since early September, the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense and various bloggers have shared footage on social media of a new type of drone, known as the "dragon drone," in action. These drones have been shown releasing a thermite mixture—a combination of aluminum powder and iron oxide—over Russian positions hidden in forests.

European aid sent to Lebanon in an attempt to regulate migration by sea is funding practices that violate human rights, according to a global watchdog report published Wednesday.

As part of a policy to contain migration, authorities in Cyprus have physically pushed Syrian refugees back to Lebanon, and Lebanese security agencies have deported them, the Human Rights Watch report said.

Israeli airstrikes on the port of Al Hudaydah in Yemen in July appear to have been a disproportionate and indiscriminate attack against civilians, which could amount to a war crime, Human Rights Watch said on Monday.

On July 20th, Israel announced that its warplanes had struck Houthi military targets near Al Hudaydah.