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March 6, 2026 Dispatches

New Report Warns Trump EPA Undermining Health

Former EPA Scientists Say Agency Rollbacks Increase Deadly Air Pollution

March 4, 2026 Dispatches

European Leaders Offer Lukewarm Defense of International Law

EU Should Press US, Israel, and Iran to Protect Civilians, Respect Laws of War

US President Donald Trump (right) meets with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington DC, March 3, 2026.

March 2, 2026 Statement

US Defense Secretary’s Media Remarks on Rules of Engagement

February 25, 2026 Dispatches

Trump’s Selective War on Censorship

Support for Secure Digital Communications Remains Essential

People using their cellphones while in transit, September 2023.

February 20, 2026 Dispatches

Abuses in Cameroon After US Deports Third-Country Nationals

US and Cameroon Partner in Rights Violations; Cameroon Not Safe for Deportees

Cars drive through an intersection near a monument in Yaoundé, Cameroon, September12, 2025.

February 20, 2026 Dispatches

Mercury Latest Trump Rollback of Environmental Protections

Notorious Neurotoxin Especially Harmful to Maternal and Child Health

A coal-fired plant in the town of Poca near the Kanawha River, in West Virginia, US, August 28, 2018.

February 11, 2026 Q & A

State Violence and Community Resistance in Minnesota

An Account by Human Rights Watch Researchers

US Border Patrol agents detain a person near Roosevelt High School during dismissal time as federal immigration enforcement actions sparked protests in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on January 7, 2026.

February 9, 2026 News Release

US: Cluster Munitions Plan a Deadly Regression

Purchase Signals Embrace of Indiscriminate Weapons, Disregard for Civilians

Ammunition set out for a mine-risk education event to raise students’ awareness about the threat of landmines and unexploded ordnance from past conflicts, in Shebaa, Lebanon, January 21, 2026.

February 6, 2026 Dispatches

Restore and Bolster Congressional Oversight of DHS, ICE, and CBP

Ensure Accountability for US Immigration Enforcement Abuses

A US Border Patrol Tactical Unit agent sprays pepper spray into the face of a protestor near the scene where a woman was shot and killed by a federal agent, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, January 7, 2026.

February 1, 2026 Commentary

Will Human Rights Survive the Donald Trump Era?

A man holds a flower and the message "Humanity for All" in front of a line of soldiers

January 27, 2026 Commentary

Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ Puts Rights Abusers in Charge of Global Order

US President is Proposing a Club of Impunity, Not Peace

US President Donald Trump speaks at the 80th Session of the UN General Assembly, at the UN headquarters in New York City, on September 23, 2025.

January 27, 2026 News Release

US: Second Unjustified Killing by Federal Agents in Minneapolis

Independent Investigation, Congressional Oversight Urgently Needed

January 26, 2026 Dispatches

US to Cut Veterans’ Abortion Access

New Policy Denies Coverage Even in Cases of Danger to Health, Rape

Rep. Veronica Escobar (D-TX) speaks at a press conference on the need to provide the full suite of reproductive healthcare services to veterans in all states, Washington, DC, US, September 27, 2022.

January 21, 2026 Dispatches

The World Needs Stronger UN, Not Trump-led ‘Board of Peace’

Board’s Charter Disregards Human Rights