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Visiting Human Rights Watch Head Presses Senior Officials to Change Course The Human Rights Watch executive director, Philippe Bolopion, urged senior Congolese officials to respect freedom of expression, end arbitrary arrests and detentions, and ensure accountability for abuses during his visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo from May 17 to 21, ....
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Authorities Should Publicly Account for the Missing; Investigate Cyber Defense Council Congolese security forces have been responsible for numerous enforced disappearances in and around Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, since March 2025. The Congolese government is using the National Cyber Defense Council (CNC) as a proxy to carry out arrests and […]
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Proposed Law Threatens Rights to Nondiscrimination, Free Expression Lawmakers in Ghana have reintroduced a draconian bill that jeopardizes the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people. On February 17, the Ghanaian parliament formally received the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, also known as the anti-LGBT bill, marking the latest chapter in […]
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Accountability Also Needed For Government Forces On March 3, Belgium’s Federal Prosecutor’s Office announced the arrest of four individuals—three of whom remain in detention—as part of an investigation into alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity by an armed separatist group in Cameroon’s Anglophone regions. The investigation focuses on individuals in Belgium suspected of holding leadership roles […]
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New Legislation Undermines Freedom of Association, Expression Angolan President João Lourenço has signed into law new legislation that regulates the operation of nongovernmental organizations and other groups in the country. Civil society organizations, including Human Rights Watch, have warned about the serious risks the law poses to civic space in Angola. Published on March 2, the law grants […]
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Much of the global south has condemned the US-Israeli war on Iran as illegal and destabilizing, framing it as an act of coercion. Leaders from Brazil, South Africa, and Pakistan criticized the strikes for derailing nuclear negotiations and violating international law. Turkey blamed Israeli instigation, and Indonesia’s Muslim clerics urged their country’s withdrawal from the […]
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Military Should Stop Supporting Abusive M23 Armed Group The United States government on March 2, 2026, announced sanctions on Rwanda’s military and four senior commanders because of their support for the abusive M23 armed group in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Human Rights Watch said today. The sanctions have wide-reaching implications for business, financial, arms, […]
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