April 26, 2023

Peru's military and police likely carried out extrajudicial or arbitrary killings and committed other egregious abuses against demonstrators and bystanders during protests from December 2022 through February 2023, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The abuses occurred against the backdrop of deteriorating democratic institutions, corruption, impunity for past abuses, and persistent inequality.

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  • June 17, 2024 Audio

    "The Sacrifice Zone"

    When Robert Taylor bought land and began to build a home in St. John Parish in Louisiana, he envisioned a compound that would house his family for generations to come. Now, Taylor hopes that his grandchildren don’t have to live in the “Sacrifice Zone” in Louisiana's Cancer Alley, an 85-mile stretch of land along the banks
    Screenshot of audiogram depicting Robert Taylor looking at petrochemical plant.
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  • June 17, 2024 Audio

    "The Sacrifice Zone"

    When Robert Taylor bought land and began to build a home in St. John Parish in Louisiana, he envisioned a compound that would house his family for generations to come. Now, Taylor hopes that his grandchildren don’t have to live in the “Sacrifice Zone” in Louisiana's Cancer Alley, an 85-mile stretch of land along the banks
    Screenshot of audiogram depicting Robert Taylor looking at petrochemical plant.
    audio content
  • June 3, 2024 Audio

    They Fired on Us Like Rain

    In 2023, Human Rights Watch researcher Nadia Hardman came across a letter the United Nations had sent to the government of Saudi Arabia expressing concern over the killing of Ethiopian migrants who were attempting to enter the kingdom - including a mention of a mass grave of up to 10,000 in a remote border region. Nadia's
    Screenshot of audiogram depicting Ethiopian migrants.
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  • June 3, 2024 Audio

    They Fired on Us Like Rain

    In 2023, Human Rights Watch researcher Nadia Hardman came across a letter the United Nations had sent to the government of Saudi Arabia expressing concern over the killing of Ethiopian migrants who were attempting to enter the kingdom - including a mention of a mass grave of up to 10,000 in a remote border region. Nadia's
    Screenshot of audiogram depicting Ethiopian migrants.
    audio content
  • May 20, 2024 Audio

    Shipbreaking: The Most Dangerous Job in the World

    What happens to cargo ships at the end of their lives? Often, they wind up beached on shores in the global south where untrained and unprotected workers are tasked with breaking them apart in dangerous conditions. In this episode, Host Ngofeen Mputwbwele takes listeners to the beaches of Bangladesh where Human Rights Watch
    Shipbreaking: The Most Dangerous Job in the World
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  • May 20, 2024 Audio

    Shipbreaking: The Most Dangerous Job in the World

    What happens to cargo ships at the end of their lives? Often, they wind up beached on shores in the global south where untrained and unprotected workers are tasked with breaking them apart in dangerous conditions. In this episode, Host Ngofeen Mputwbwele takes listeners to the beaches of Bangladesh where Human Rights Watch
    Shipbreaking: The Most Dangerous Job in the World
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  • March 27, 2024 Video

    Türkiye: Justice for Earthquake Victims

    Municipal Officials Absent from Investigations for Authorizing and Approving Defective Buildings That Collapsed in Earthquake.
    Collapsed buildings after earthquake
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