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Colombia: Civilians Caught in Fight for Coca on Venezuelan Border - Duration: 114 seconds.
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South Africa: Decriminalize Sex Work - Duration: 5 minutes, 9 seconds.
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A Rare Glimpse into Kangaroo Court in Equatorial Guinea - Duration: 3 minutes, 22 seconds.
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For everyone, everywhere. #HumanFamily - Duration: 7 seconds.
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How Iraq's Neglect Made Basra's Water Unsafe to Drink - Duration: 3 minutes, 58 seconds.
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Lebanon Forced These Syrian Refugees to Dismantle Their Own Homes - Duration: 96 seconds.
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DR Congo: Verdict on Former Congolese Warlord - Duration: 2 minutes.
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Syria: Government Co-Opting Recovery Efforts - Duration: 2 minutes, 7 seconds.
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This Woman Wants to See the ex-President Who Raped Her Face Trial - Duration: 3 minutes, 43 seconds.
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People Open A Box of LGBT Myths and Gasp, Cringe and Laugh at What They Find - Duration: 12 minutes.
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Ukraine: Discrimination against War-Zone Pensioners - Duration: 48 seconds.
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Cradle to Grave: Discrimination Against Persons with Albinism in Mozambique - Duration: 7 minutes, 21 seconds.
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Africa
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South Africa: Decriminalize Sex Work - Duration: 5 minutes, 9 seconds.
South African authorities are compromising the safety and wellbeing of women and obstructing efforts to end the HIV pandemic by treating sex work as a crime, Human Rights Watch and the Sex Workers ... -
A Rare Glimpse into Kangaroo Court in Equatorial Guinea - Duration: 3 minutes, 22 seconds.
(Washington, DC, August 2, 2019) – An Equatorial Guinea court’s conviction of 112 defendants on May 31, 2019, in a trial rife with due process violations, including confessions extracted through to... -
DR Congo: Verdict on Former Congolese Warlord - Duration: 2 minutes.
(New York, July 2, 2019) – Human Rights Watch released today a question-and-answer document on the trial of the former Congolese general and armed group leader Bosco Ntaganda before the Internation... -
This Woman Wants to See the ex-President Who Raped Her Face Trial - Duration: 3 minutes, 43 seconds.
Three women have accused Gambia’s former president, Yahya Jammeh, of rape and sexual assault while he was in office. Fatou "Toufah" Jallow is the first survivor to tell her story publicly. https://... -
Cradle to Grave: Discrimination Against Persons with Albinism in Mozambique - Duration: 7 minutes, 21 seconds.
Children with albinism face insecurity and significant obstacles to accessing quality education in the Tete province of Mozambique.
Human Rights Watch found children living with albinism in the ce... -
Liberia: Video Appeal for War Crimes Court - Duration: 115 seconds.
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Americas
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Colombia: Civilians Caught in Fight for Coca on Venezuelan Border - Duration: 114 seconds.
(Bogotá, August 8, 2019) – Armed groups have committed egregious abuses against Colombian and Venezuelan civilians as they fight for control in Catatumbo, northeastern Colombia, Human Rights Watch ... -
Venezuela: More Aid is Needed in Humanitarian Crisis - Duration: 3 minutes, 35 seconds.
(Washington, DC, April 4, 2019) – The combination of severe medicine and food shortages within Venezuela, together with the spread of disease across the country’s borders, amounts to a complex huma... -
Colombia: Promotions for Army Commanders Linked to Killings - Duration: 44 seconds.
The Colombian government has named in key positions of the army multiple officers against whom there is credible evidence of involvement in extrajudicial executions and other abuses that are under ... -
Brazil: Mass Sexual Harassment, Caught on Tape - Duration: 53 seconds.
It was shot in February 2017 at Mangueirão stadium in the northern state of Pará, where arch-rivals Remo and Paysandu were about to face off. Shortly before kick-off, female supporters of both team... -
Venezuela: Military Officers and Families Detained, Tortured - Duration: 111 seconds.
Venezuelan intelligence and security forces have detained and tortured military personnel accused of plotting against the government. Authorities have also detained and tortured the family members ... -
Dominican Republic: What happens when abortion is totally banned? - Duration: 4 minutes, 46 seconds.
The Dominican Republic’s total ban on abortion threatens women's health and lives and violates their rights. Abortion is illegal in the Dominican Republic in all circumstances, even when a pregnanc...
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Europe & Central Asia
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Ukraine: Discrimination against War-Zone Pensioners - Duration: 48 seconds.
Each month, about one million people cross through checkpoints like Stanytsia Luhanska in east Ukraine. More than half are older people traveling into areas under Ukrainian control to collect socia... -
When You Think European Elections, Think Human Rights! - Duration: 91 seconds.
The European elections on 23-26 May are a key moment for candidates to commit to protect our fundamental rights. It’s a chance for European citizens to recognize that the European Parliament helps ... -
United Kingdom: When You Think European Elections, Think Human Rights! - Duration: 66 seconds.
The European elections on 23-26 May are a key moment for candidates to commit to protect our fundamental rights. It’s a chance for European citizens to recognize that the European Parliament helps ... -
Germany: When You Think European Elections, Think Human Rights! - Duration: 83 seconds.
The European elections on 23-26 May are a key moment for candidates to commit to protect our fundamental rights. It’s a chance for European citizens to recognize that the European Parliament helps ... -
Italy: When You Think European Elections, Think Human Rights! - Duration: 85 seconds.
The European elections on 23-26 May are a key moment for candidates to commit to protect our fundamental rights. It’s a chance for European citizens to recognize that the European Parliament helps ... -
Belgium: When You Think European Elections, Think Human Rights! - Duration: 79 seconds.
The European elections on 23-26 May are a key moment for candidates to commit to protect our fundamental rights. It’s a chance for European citizens to recognize that the European Parliament helps ...
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Asia
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China's Mass Surveillance Phone App - Duration: 4 minutes, 43 seconds.
Chinese authorities are using a mobile app to carry out illegal mass surveillance and arbitrary detention of Muslims in China’s western Xinjiang region.
Between January 2018 and February 2019, Hu... -
China: How Surveillance Works in Xinjiang - Duration: 2 minutes, 21 seconds.
(Hong Kong, May 2, 2019) – Chinese authorities are using a mobile app to carry out illegal mass surveillance and arbitrary detention of Muslims in China’s western Xinjiang region, Human Rights Watc... -
Japan: Compelled Sterilization of Transgender People - Duration: 4 minutes, 49 seconds.
Japan’s government should stop forcing transgender people to be surgically sterilized if they want legal recognition of their gender identity. Requiring a medical intervention as a condition of hav... -
Myanmar: Women, Girls Trafficked as ‘Brides’ to China - Duration: 8 minutes, 10 seconds.
The Myanmar and Chinese governments have failed to stem the trafficking of ethnic Kachin women and girls as “brides” to families in China.
Trafficking survivors said that trusted people, including... -
Pakistan: Garment Workers’ Rights at Risk - Duration: 2 minutes, 16 seconds.
Pakistan’s government is failing to enforce laws that could protect millions of garment workers from serious labor rights abuses. Human Rights Watch documented a range of violations in Pakistan’s g... -
Cambodia: No Justice for Acid Attacks Survivors - Duration: 61 seconds.
Survivors of acid violence in Cambodia are unlawfully denied free medical care and face pressure to accept inadequate settlements. The Cambodian government should enforce its laws that require lega...
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Health and Human Rights
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South Africa: Decriminalize Sex Work - Duration: 5 minutes, 9 seconds.
South African authorities are compromising the safety and wellbeing of women and obstructing efforts to end the HIV pandemic by treating sex work as a crime, Human Rights Watch and the Sex Workers ... -
How Iraq's Neglect Made Basra's Water Unsafe to Drink - Duration: 3 minutes, 58 seconds.
(Baghdad, July 22, 2019) – Iraqi authorities have failed to ensure for almost 30 years that Basra residents have sufficient safe drinking water, resulting in on-going health concerns, Human Rights ... -
Venezuela: More Aid is Needed in Humanitarian Crisis - Duration: 3 minutes, 35 seconds.
(Washington, DC, April 4, 2019) – The combination of severe medicine and food shortages within Venezuela, together with the spread of disease across the country’s borders, amounts to a complex huma... -
The Coal Mine Next Door: The Deregulation of Mountaintop Removal - Duration: 10 minutes.
The Trump administration and United States Congress have endangered public health by ending measures, including defunding a scientific study, that address the human and environmental risks of mount... -
Brazil: Pesticide Poisonings in Rural Areas - Duration: 61 seconds.
Rural residents are being poisoned in Brazil from pesticides sprayed near their homes, schools, and workplaces. Many rural communities fear reprisals from wealthy and politically powerful farmers i... -
United States: Oversedation in Nursing Homes - Duration: 6 minutes, 39 seconds.
Nursing homes across the United States routinely give antipsychotic drugs to residents with dementia to control their behavior, despite regulatory prohibitions on this misuse of drugs as “chemical ...- Subtitles
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LGBT Rights
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People Open A Box of LGBT Myths and Gasp, Cringe and Laugh at What They Find - Duration: 12 minutes.
(Beirut, June 24, 2019) – Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people living in the Middle East and North Africa share their responses to myths and stereotypes about LGBT people in the region on... -
Japan: Compelled Sterilization of Transgender People - Duration: 4 minutes, 49 seconds.
Japan’s government should stop forcing transgender people to be surgically sterilized if they want legal recognition of their gender identity. Requiring a medical intervention as a condition of hav... -
LGBTI Events Banned in Turkey's Capital Ankara - Duration: 2 minutes, 16 seconds.
(Berlin, February 14, 2019) – The ban in Turkey's capital Ankara on public events focused on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) issues discriminates against LGBTI people and ... -
India: Supreme Court Strikes Down Sodomy Law - Duration: 104 seconds.
India’s landmark Supreme Court decision that criminalizing consensual same-sex conduct is unconstitutional is a major victory for human rights and the LGBT people’s rights to privacy and non-discri... -
Adoptions for LGBT Parents - Duration: 61 seconds.
Child welfare agencies could be allowed to discriminate under a recent amendment to legislation pending before Congress that would threaten the rights of children in care.
The amendment would ban ... -
US: LGBT Parents Face Adoption Discrimination - Duration: 5 minutes, 22 seconds.
Child welfare agencies could be allowed to discriminate under a recent amendment to legislation pending before Congress that would threaten the rights of children in care.
The amendment would ban ...
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Middle East & North Africa
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How Iraq's Neglect Made Basra's Water Unsafe to Drink - Duration: 3 minutes, 58 seconds.
(Baghdad, July 22, 2019) – Iraqi authorities have failed to ensure for almost 30 years that Basra residents have sufficient safe drinking water, resulting in on-going health concerns, Human Rights ... -
Syria: Government Co-Opting Recovery Efforts - Duration: 2 minutes, 7 seconds.
(Geneva, June 28, 2019) – The Syrian government is co-opting humanitarian aid and reconstruction assistance, and in places using it to entrench repressive policies, Human Rights Watch said in a rep... -
People Open A Box of LGBT Myths and Gasp, Cringe and Laugh at What They Find - Duration: 12 minutes.
(Beirut, June 24, 2019) – Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people living in the Middle East and North Africa share their responses to myths and stereotypes about LGBT people in the region on... -
ISIS Child Suspects Arbitrarily Arrested, Tortured in Iraq - Duration: 3 minutes, 33 seconds.
Children accused of affiliation with ISIS are being detained, and often tortured and prosecuted, regardless of their actual level of involvement with the group. This sweeping, punitive approach is ... -
Libya: Displaced Population Can’t Go Home - Duration: 2 minutes, 4 seconds.
Most of the 48,000 former residents of the Libyan town of Tawergha, forcibly displaced for seven years, have not been able to return home, Human Rights Watch said today after visiting the town.
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Saudi Arabia: 10 Reasons Why Women Flee - Duration: 80 seconds.
Rahaf al-Qunun, the Saudi woman who managed to successfully flee her allegedly abusive family, has shed new light on the countless women trapped under the abusive male guardianship system in Saudi ...
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USA
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USA Police Week - More Officers Won't Solve Policing Problems - Duration: 2 minutes, 14 seconds.
"We see this played out nationally. It's one of those concepts that is wrong on its face. That says, 'We're going to police you in a way that might violate your civil rights or human rights, and ce... -
End Child Marriage in Massachusetts - Duration: 35 seconds.
Between 2000 and 2016, more than 1,200 children under age 18 were married in Massachusetts, according to government data. Almost all of them were girls marrying adult men. Fifty-seven were under ag... -
End Child Marriage in Massachusetts - Duration: 2 minutes, 10 seconds.
Between 2000 and 2016, more than 1,200 children under age 18 were married in Massachusetts, according to government data. Almost all of them were girls marrying adult men. Fifty-seven were under ag... -
She Escaped Brutal Domestic Violence – Now the US Government Wants to Send Her Back - Duration: 4 minutes, 12 seconds.
(Washington, January 23, 2019) -- The US government should uphold refugee protections for survivors of domestic violence, the Center for Gender and Refugee Studies (CGRS) and Human Rights Watch sai... -
Why Trump’s Portrayal of Undocumented Immigrants Couldn’t be More Wrong - Duration: 3 minutes, 54 seconds.
On September 4, 2014, a 23-year-old construction worker Alan Gonzalez stopped by a local store and discovered an armed robbery in progress. Children were attending pre-school a few doors down. Rath... -
The Coal Mine Next Door: The Deregulation of Mountaintop Removal - Duration: 10 minutes.
The Trump administration and United States Congress have endangered public health by ending measures, including defunding a scientific study, that address the human and environmental risks of mount...
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