On May 20th, 2021, 21 participants were arrested at a paralegal training on LGBTI rights in Ho, Volta region under the charge of "unlawful assembly". One year later, HRW speaks with 3 of those activists about how the arrest impacted their lives, the state of LGBTI activism in Ghana and the recently proposed anti-LGBTI bill.

Global Coalition Calls for Financial Remedy for Deaths, Wage Theft

Apparent War Crimes in Kyiv, Chernihiv Regions during Russian Occupation

HRW discusses what the presidential election victory of Ferdinand Marcos Jr, heir to a family whose name became synonymous with plunder, cronyism, and 20 years of autocratic rule and ruthless oppression means for human rights and justice in the Philippines.

In a new report, HRW and Amnesty International have documented abuses amounting to crimes against humanity and war crimes in Ethiopia’s Western Tigray Zone. We discuss key findings of this report with HRW’s Laetitia Bader and Amnesty’s Fisseha Tekle and Jean-Baptiste Gallopin.

The movement for reproductive justice is closely linked to the battle for affordable childcare in the United States. In this Twitter Space, we look at how the two are connected, the crisis of affordable childcare in the US, and two films — The Janes and Clarissa's Battle — that highlight these issues.

People who need insulin shouldn’t have to break the bank just to survive. In the US, that's often the case. In this Twitter Space discussion, we examine ending the US’ insulin affordability crisis with HRW researcher Matt McConnell and guests Emily Miller, Sarah Kaminer Bourland, and Shaina Kasper.

POLITICO published a leaked draft US Supreme Court opinion on the Mississippi case that would overturn Roe v. Wade. Last September, in advance the court’s hearing in a case challenging the constitutionality of a Mississippi law banning abortion after 15 weeks, we joined dozens of other groups in submitting amicus briefs

Under Elon Musk’s leadership, Twitter should invest in efforts to keep its most vulnerable users safe on the platform. In this Space, we discuss what Musk gets wrong about free speech, and the responsibilities social media platforms have to moderate content.