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September 13, 2021 Dispatches

Biden Administration Targets Out-of-Control US Drug Prices

Proposed Plan Could Improve Medicine Access for Millions

President Joe Biden speaks about how his Build Back Better agenda will lower prescription drug prices, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on August 12, 2021.

September 8, 2021 Dispatches

Tentative Steps Toward Vaccine Equity in Malaysia

Demonstrate that Undocumented Migrants Won’t Be Arrested

A health worker gestures to the next vaccine recipient at Malaysia International Trade & Exhibition Centre in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on May 31, 2021.

September 1, 2021 News Release

Australia: Prisoners Denied Vaccine Access

New South Wales Should Urgently Address Spread of Covid-19 in Prisons

The entry sign to Parklea Correctional Centre in Sydney.

September 1, 2021 Commentary

Al-Sisi Is Leaving the Sick to Suffer in Egypt’s Prisons

The Egyptian government has deliberately let a former presidential candidate languish behind bars without proper medical care.

Egyptian security forces have been involved in systematic abuses such as enforced disappearance and torture and have used abusive counterterrorism laws and measures to crush peaceful dissent. Egyptian security forces stand guard outside one of the entranc

August 31, 2021 Dispatches

US Court Ruling Furthers South Dakota Tribe’s Right to Health

Tribal Treaty Requires US Government to Provide Competent Care

The U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs host a field hearing in Rapid City, South Dakota, on June 17, 2016, to discuss proposed legislation aimed at fixing shortcomings at the network of hospitals run by the Indian Health Service.

August 24, 2021 Statement

Human Rights Watch Submission to the Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights on Qatar

69th Pre-Session

Skyline with the skyscrapers in the financial area of Doha, the capital of Qatar. © 2017 Sergi Reboredo/AP Images

August 24, 2021 Statement

Human Rights Watch Submission to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on Mauritania

69th Pre-Session

August 19, 2021 News Release

Australia: Protect At-Risk Communities from Covid-19

Ensure Vaccine Access for First Nations People; Increase Prisoner Protections

Deep cleaning at Dubbo West Public School

August 19, 2021 Dispatches

Global Covid-19 Vaccine Equity Should Get a ‘Booster’ Too

A Third Shot in Rich Countries Undermines Legal Obligations to Cooperate

Empty vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine lie in a box during a vaccine campaign at the Vaccine Village in Ebersberg, Germany on May 15, 2021.

August 19, 2021 Commentary

Hunger during the pandemic shows Nigeria’s social security gaps

A man reading the newspaper "The Nation"

August 16, 2021 Dispatches

Covid-19 Surge in Myanmar’s Prisons

Junta Packs Jails with Opponents as Virus Thrives

People stand outside the gates of a prison

August 6, 2021 News Release

Sri Lanka: Police Abuses Surge Amid Covid-19 Pandemic

Suspend International Assistance to Abusive Law Enforcement Agencies

July 28, 2021 News Release

Nigeria: Covid-19 Impact Worsens Hunger in Lagos

Inadequate Support Highlights Need for Expanded Social Security System

A group of women wait for food relief distribution

July 25, 2021 Dispatches

Australia Should Back Covid-19 Waiver of Intellectual Property Rules

Waive TRIPS Amid Delta Outbreak, Vaccine Shortages

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, left, watches a pharmacist prepare a simulated vaccine at the Sydney local health district vaccination hub in Sydney, February 19, 2021.