Human Rights Watch

06/23/2026

Cambodia’s government is systematically coercing and publicizing confessions from detained political opposition members and activists to undermine their political standing.

This mistreatment is part of a decade-long government campaign against political opponents. Learn more:

Cambodia’s government is systematically coercing and publicizing confessions from detained political opposition members and activists to undermine their political standing.

06/23/2026

Jordanian authorities executed six men by hanging on June 21, 2026, its first mass ex*****on since 2017.

The death penalty is an inherently cruel and irreversible punishment. Jordan should renew its moratorium on the death penalty.

Jordanian authorities executed six men by hanging on June 21, 2026, its first mass ex*****on since 2017.

06/23/2026

The European Commission invited Taliban authorities to Brussels to discuss accelerated deportations by several member states to even though the EU is well aware of the dire human rights situation in the country.

Any engagement with the Taliban needs to prioritize protecting human rights and accountability. Afghans should not be deported to danger. ⤵️

06/22/2026

It's been two years since journalist Atiana Serge Oulon was forcibly disappeared by state security forces in Burkina Faso.

Burkina Faso’s authorities should immediately and unconditionally release Oulon and all those arbitrarily detained and unlawfully conscripted.

Burkina Faso’s authorities should urgently account for the journalist Atiana Serge Oulon, who was forcibly disappeared by state security forces two years ago, and release him immediately.

06/20/2026

On , we remember why people are forced to flee.

From Sudan to Lebanon to Myanmar, war crimes, persecution, and violence are driving mass displacement. At the same time, governments across the world are restricting access to asylum, expanding detention, and shutting people out.

The right to seek asylum is under threat globally. States have a responsibility to uphold it under international law.

Learn more: https://bit.ly/4gzHfkK

06/19/2026

Juneteenth honors the end of slavery in the United States. But the symbolism of this day doesn't address the enduring legacy of enslavement.

The time for the US to account for its legacy of slavery is long overdue. This Juneteenth, we amplify the call for .

06/18/2026

Israeli authorities are accelerating home demolitions and forced evictions of Palestinian residents in the Silwan district of occupied East Jerusalem.

Families in Silwan, like countless others across the Occupied Palestinian Territory, are facing an orchestrated, illegal, state-backed effort to force them out of homes where they have lived in for generations.

Other countries should do everything in their power to stop it.

Read more: https://bit.ly/4oG3ZSu

06/18/2026

NEW: The Trump administration’s deployment of thousands of federal immigration agents to Minnesota led to widespread human rights violations, terrorized residents, and spotlighted the deeply abusive patterns in US immigration enforcement.

In a new report, HRW documents how the US government’s “Operation Metro Surge” caused a human rights crisis in Minnesota.

Learn more: bit.ly/44dMOht

06/17/2026

NEW: French police are using overbroad powers to issue on-the-spot fixed penalty criminal fines as a new tool for racial profiling.

In a new report, Human Rights Watch, (RE)CLAIM, and Maison Communautaire pour un Développement Solidaire (MCDS) document the experiences of boys and young men from low-income households receiving abusive and discriminatory fines.

Learn more: https://bit.ly/3ShkoAu

06/17/2026

In a vote on Wednesday, the European Union adopted deportation policies that portend ramped up racial profiling, lengthy detention, and deportations to third countries with terrible human rights records.