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Human Rights Watch

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What is Human Rights Watch?

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Human Rights 101 | Episode 1: What are Human Rights?

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Human Rights Watch World Report 2022

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How A Human Rights Watch Investigator Searches For War Crimes Evidence In Bucha

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Human Rights 101 | Episode 3: What is a Human Rights Violation?

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#Venezuela: Abusive Treatment of Returnees Poor Quarantine Conditions May Spread Covid-19 https://t.co/FQqymnOH7s https://t.co/n91Mm7ksUo

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Anti-LGBT Persecution in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras https://t.co/WhAsOwEJXq https://t.co/lO96I4mP0x

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Yemen: Aid Obstruction Puts Millions at Risk https://t.co/0oAVBpGd0a

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Belarus: Systematic Beatings, Torture of Protesters https://t.co/keHjrC17MB

Human Rights Watch (HRW) is an international non-governmental organization that conducts research and advocacy on human rights. HRW is headquartered in New York City with offices in Amsterdam, Beirut, Berlin, Brussels, Chicago, Geneva, Johannesburg, London, Los Angeles, Moscow, Nairobi, Seoul, Paris, San Francisco, Sydney, Tokyo, Toronto, Washington, D.C., and Zürich. The group pressures governments, policy makers and human rights abusers to denounce abuse and respect human rights, and the group often works on behalf of refugees, children, migrants and political prisoners.
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