Human Rights Watch | Defending Human Rights Worldwide
Human Rights Watch | Defending Human Rights Worldwide
Our new World Report is now online: Read about your country...
World Report 2014 is Human Rights Watch’s 24th annual
review of human rights practices around the globe. It summarizes key
human rights issues in more than 90 countries and territories worldwide,
drawing on events through November 2013.
Reflecting on the “Rights Struggles of 2013,” Executive Director Kenneth
Roth highlights the slaughter of civilians in Syria in the face of a
weak international response; “abusive majoritarianism” among governments
who voice commitment to democracy but in reality use the real or
perceived preferences of the majority to limit dissent and suppress
minorities; and new disclosures in the United States about the use of
dragnet surveillance and targeted drone killings.
The World Report reflects extensive investigative work that Human Rights
Watch staff undertook in 2013, in close partnership with human rights
activists on the ground.
