Scores Killed and Wounded in Apparent War Crime in Chernihiv

"Women together are invincible. We can change the world, but we have to do it together." ~ Isabelle Allende

Afghanistan is not the only country where women’s rights are under attack this International Women’s Day. But the speed and extent of the obliteration of women’s rights in Afghanistan is a warning to women around the world about the fragility of progress toward equality, how quickly it can vanish, and how few will defend it

This International Women’s Day, we honor all the women who support each other in these extraordinary times. Today, hundreds of thousands of women have fled the conflict in Ukraine, many caring for dependents, after being separated from their adult male relatives who are required to remain behind because conscription has been activated. They join the millions of refugees around the world. This is another reminder that armed conflicts and refugee crises are women’s rights crises.

Indiscriminate Attacks May Amount to War Crimes

As Russian forces invading Ukraine confront stronger and more effective resistance than the Kremlin probably anticipated, the big question is: what comes next. The Russian military has a history of meeting such resistance with serious violations of the laws of war, including deliberately targeting civilians and subjecting

It’s a harrowing situation for everyone trying to get out of harm’s way, and everyone escaping the war, no matter where they come from, should be allowed to leave. A week into the invasion, marked by serious violations of the laws of war, one million people have fled across borders into neighboring Poland, Hungary, Slovakia

4 Civilians Killed, 10 Wounded

Listen to HRW's Jayshree Bajoria in conversation with Siddharth Varadarajan, Vidushi Marda, Vrinda Bhandari, and Apar Gupta as they discuss India, tech, and human rights.