Rights Watch in a sentence

Human Rights Watch publishes research reports on violations of international human rights norms as set out by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and what it perceives to be other internationally accepted, human-rights norms.

Under Duterte’s open encouragement, these agencies have heightened their violation of human rights, as substantiated by Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and the UN Commission of Human Rights.

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During that time, according to the rights group Human Rights Watch, he has experienced intimidation, surveillance, and physical attacks.

Human Rights Watch issued a question-and-answer document examining the effects of expansive sanctions on humanitarian operations in Syria, and by connection, their effects on the economic rights of Syrians.

In March 2022, Human Rights Watch wrote to al-Rumayyan requesting his response to allegations of serious human rights violations associated with the fund.

International human rights standards provide no basis for Pakistani authorities to try these cases in military courts, especially as the civilian courts are functioning, Human Rights Watch said.

The EU should suspend funding to Tunisian security forces for migration control and set clear human rights benchmarks for any further support, Human Rights Watch said.

Three widely esteemed human rights organizations — Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and B’Tselem — have rendered a clear and convincing judgment: Israel operates a system of apartheid against Palestinians.

Xu and Ding Jiaxi, two prominent Chinese human rights lawyers, have been sentenced to more than a decade in prison, Human Rights Watch said Monday, April 10, 2023, the latest in a crackdown by the ruling Communist Party on its critics.

Ahead of Wednesday's vote, Human Rights Watch is urging the council to consider imposing an arms ban on the entire country to stop the ongoing rights violations and the suffering of the people.

A Human Rights Watch published on February 29 documented serious human rights abuses and potential committed primarily by Türkiye-backed local armed groups in these lawless and insecure areas.

Decree 147 fails to meet international human rights standards in many respects, Human Rights Watch said.

Negar Mohtashami Khojasteh is with the Women’s Rights Division at Human Rights Watch.

The cases reviewed by Human Rights Watch show how governments have targeted human rights defenders, journalists, activists, political opponents, and others they deem a threat.

These systems collect personal data related to individuals’ identities, movements, and associations, and therefore should be subject to clear limitations to protect the right to privacy and other rights, Human Rights Watch said.

Yet the report — a chronicle of a horrific terrorist attack — is perhaps most notable because Human Rights Watch is a staunch critic of Israel and three years ago became the first major internal rights group to accuse Israel of apartheid.

The introduction of such technology opens the door to rampant abuse under Bangladesh’s vague and overly broad legal framework on surveillance, seriously threatening the rights to privacy and freedom of expression, Human Rights Watch said.

According to Human Rights Watch, numerous popular global companies are complicit in supporting foreign factories that are rife with human rights abuses.

Daniel Bekele, former political prisoner and Africa director at New York-based Human Rights Watch, now heading the government’s human rights commission, speaks during a Reuters interview in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia November 15, 2019.