Israel accused of act of genocide over restriction of Gaza water supply Human Rights Watch says Israeli forces have acted deliberately to cut availability of clean water The Guardian - UK · Dec 19, 2024
Do Lebanon explosions violate the laws of war? Experts say blasts potentially violate international humanitarian law, including ban on indiscriminate attacks. Al Jazeera · Sep 18, 2024
Lebanon government failing to uphold ‘right to electricity’: HRW Human Rights Watch says Lebanon’s electricity crisis has exacerbated poverty and inequality. Al Jazeera · Mar 9, 2023
Rights group says Lebanon electricity crisis deepens poverty Human Rights Watch says many middle and working class families in Lebanon have been forced to spend most of their monthly income to pay shady neighborhood businessmen running private generators The Independent UK · Mar 9, 2023
Jordan steps up curbs on political dissent - HRW Jordanian authorities have in the last four years intensified persecution and harassment of political opponents and ordinary citizens using a string of laws to silence critical voices, Human Rights Watch said on Sunday.Authorities used vague laws to detain, interrogate and harass journalists, political activists, members of political parties and independent… Reuters · Sep 18, 2022
Human Rights Groups Condemn Torture in Lebanese Prisons International human rights groups Tuesday condemned acts of torture in Lebanese prisons following the death of a Syrian refugee in detention and urged authorities to transfer the investigation into his death from a military to a civil court. Photos surfaced last week of the battered body of a Syrian who… Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 6, 2022
HRW: Russia’s Wagner Group Set Landmines in Libya The Wagner Group, a private Russian military security contractor, has used banned landmines and booby traps near Tripoli, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Tuesday. “New information from Libyan agencies and demining groups links the Wagner Group to the use of banned landmines and booby traps in Libya in 2019-2020,”… Asharq Al-Awsat · Jun 1, 2022
Military group connected to Russian Government 'laid banned landmines in Libya' Lama Fakih, Middle East and North Africa director at Human Rights Watch, said the Wagner Group added to the “deadly legacy” of mines and booby traps scattered across Tripoli’s suburbs Daily Mirror · May 31, 2022
Ukraine War Threatens Food Supplies in Fragile Arab World Layal Aswad was already exhausted by Lebanon’s devastating two-year economic collapse. Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 28, 2022
Ukraine war threatens food supplies in fragile Arab world Soaring energy and food prices triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine are pushing some Middle Eastern and North African countries to the brink The Independent UK · Mar 28, 2022
Phone of senior HRW investigator ‘targeted’ by NSO spyware Lama Fakih was targeted with Pegasus spyware five times, said Human Rights Watch The Independent UK · Jan 26, 2022
HRW says staffer was targeted with Israeli-made Pegasus spyware The Israeli NSO Group’s technology has been used by governments to target political opponents, activists and reporters. Al Jazeera · Jan 26, 2022
Top Human Rights Watch investigator allegedly hacked with Pegasus spyware Allegation marks latest example of how NSO clients have used powerful surveillance tool to target campaigners and journalists The Guardian - US · Jan 26, 2022