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February 26, 2025 Report

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February 13, 2025 News Release

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Rwanda-Backed Armed Group Should Revoke Unlawful Displacement Order

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February 12, 2025 Statement

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A leaked photograph of the detention facility at the Sde Teiman military base shows a blindfolded man with his arms above his head. Interviewed healthcare workers described this image as punishment imposed by Israeli soldiers on Palestinian detainees if they speak or move.
February 4, 2025 News Release

Suspend Arms Transfers to End US Complicity in Israeli Abuses

US-Supplied Weapons Linked to Israel’s Atrocities in Gaza

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January 28, 2025 News Release

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Limited Prenatal Care; Unsafe Deliveries; Newborns Facing Fatal Conditions

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January 24, 2025 Statement

Human Rights Watch Written Evidence to the UK Foreign Affairs Committee Inquiry into the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

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January 16, 2025 Dispatches

Israeli Forces Continue to Strike Civilian Infrastructure in Yemen

Warring Parties Should Cease Unlawful Attacks

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December 23, 2024 Statement

Syria: Preserve Evidence of Mass Atrocities

Urgent Need to Document Assad Government’s Abuses

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December 19, 2024 News Release

Israel’s Crime of Extermination, Acts of Genocide in Gaza

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December 16, 2024 News Release

Syria: Mass Grave in Damascus Should be Protected, Investigated

Human Remains, Other Evidence Suggest Area Is Huge Crime Scene

Human Rights Watch researchers visit the site of the mass grave in Tadamon, Damascus on December 11, 2024. Human Rights Watch confirmed the mass grave’s exact location after verifying a leaked video, taken in April 2013, showing summary executions by Syrian government forces and affiliated militia.
December 15, 2024 Report

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UN Security Council Recommits to Protecting People with Disabilities

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December 10, 2024 Report

Sudan: War Crimes in South Kordofan

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