1+ hour, 20+ min ago  (205+ words) Law Gives Mnangagwa 2 More Years in Office, Ends Popular Vote for President Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa signed a'law on July 7 amending the constitution to extend presidential terms from five to seven years. The amendment,'approved by parliament last month, also…...

11+ hour, 18+ min ago  (428+ words) Human Rights Watch Sounding the Alarm over Tunisia's Crackdown At the 62nd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, which closed on July 8, UN experts and civil society expressed deep concern about Tunisia's intensifying human rights crises. But the continued…...

14+ hour, 21+ min ago  (398+ words) Young Women Deported to Face Gender-Based Harm; Families Split (Stockholm) " Sweden is deporting young women to countries where they could face severe gender-based rights violations, Human Rights Watch said today. Media reported that in 2025, at least 92 young adults were set…...

14+ hour, 54+ min ago  (389+ words) (Berlin, July 8, 2026) " The German government should abandon its plans to gut Germany's Freedom of Information Act, Human Rights Watch said today. The proposed amendments will threaten core human rights essential to transparency and public participation in a democracy based on…...

21+ hour, 30+ min ago  (221+ words) Don't Repeat Long-Regretted Mistake on China Policy On July 2, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, on her first visit to India since taking office, met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Under their shared "Free and Open Indo-Pacific" vision, an effort to counter…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago  (407+ words) Accountability Needed for Deportation to Known Danger Boboev is the fourth documented case of a Tajik opposition activist deported from Germany since 2023 who has been detained on arrival. The other three men were convicted on unsubstantiated charges and are serving…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago  (1479+ words) Amend New Asylum Law in Line with International Standards In April and May 2026, Human Rights Watch interviewed 19 refugees and asylum seekers from South Sudan, Sudan, Eritrea, and Ethiopia. To protect confidentiality, their names are not being used. Human Rights Watch…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago  (1474+ words) A child crosses the street in Old Havana, Cuba, 2026. " 2026 Human Rights Watch " The streets of Havana are filled with garbage, the sign of a crisis that has been worsening for years. Garbage trucks are barely operating, and every few blocks,…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago  (287+ words) Deaths in Detention Symptom of Cruel Policies Immigration is helping the US soccer team get the job done at the World Cup. Many of the players on the US squad, which faces'Belgium in a World Cup elimination game on July…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago  (211+ words) Burkina Faso's military junta has approved a law requiring every Burkinab" student wishing to pursue higher education abroad'whether funded by a government scholarship or through private means'to obtain prior authorization from the Ministry of Higher Education. The Council of Ministers'adopted…...