Research Team

The Washington Center for Human Rights (WCHR), a leading independent organization dedicated to the promotion and protection of human rights worldwide, expresses deep concern over credible reports of systematic torture, extrajudicial killings, unlawful detention, and extortion by the Nigerian Police Tiger Base Unit operating in Imo State. These serious allegations, supported by testimonies from survivors, […]

The Washington Centre for Human Rights today issued an urgent call to the international community, donor governments, and humanitarian agencies to take immediate and decisive action to prevent a catastrophic hunger crisis in Haiti. With the 2025 hurricane season underway, a single storm could push hundreds of thousands of Haitians deeper into hunger and displacement, […]

The Washington Centre for Human Rights (WCHR) unequivocally condemns the ongoing Israeli military strikes targeting schools in Gaza that serve as civilian shelters for displaced Palestinians. Recent reports confirm that these attacks are not accidental but part of a deliberate strategy, resulting in the deaths and injuries of hundreds of innocent civilians, including women and […]

The Washington Centre for Human Rights (WCHR) expresses deep concern over the alarming increase in kidnappings and violent attacks targeting heavy truck drivers in Ethiopia’s Amhara region. According to reports from the Tana Heavy Vehicle Drivers Association and other credible sources, more than 30 drivers have been abducted in the past two weeks alone. This […]

The Washington Centre for Human Rights expresses deep concern over the increasing politicisation of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in its handling of immigration and asylum cases. Recent developments indicate that political pressures and narratives are undermining the impartiality and integrity of the Court, threatening the fundamental principles of human rights protection across […]

The announcement by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Israel will maintain control over all of Gaza and allow only “minimal” humanitarian aid into the besieged enclave is a watershed moment for the international human rights community. For the Washington Centre for Human Rights (WCHR), and for all advocates of international humanitarian law, this policy […]

The Washington Center for Human Rights (WCHR) is extremely concerned by reports that dozens of Rohingya refugees were pushed off an Indian naval ship and dumped into the Andaman Sea in a deeply troubling act of refoulement and abuse. This alleged incident is under investigation by UN Special Rapporteur Tom Andrews, who has termed the […]

The world has watched with cautious hope as Russia and Ukraine, embroiled in a devastating conflict for over three years, reached an unprecedented agreement for the largest prisoner of war (PoW) exchange since the full-scale invasion began. This historic deal, involving the release of 1,000 prisoners from each side, was brokered in Istanbul and hailed […]

The ongoing practice of arbitrary imprisonment, extortion, and torture of civilians by Syrian National Army (SNA) factions in northern Syria is severely condemned by the Washington Center for Human Rights (WCHR). Under the supervision of the transitional Syrian government and its foreign supporters—most notably Turkey, which keeps financial and military connections with the former opposition […]

The Washington Center for Human Rights (WCHR) calls on the United Nations Security Council to extend and strictly enforce the arms embargo on South Sudan, before it is due to expire on 31 May 2025. Recent confirmed reports indicate egregious breaches of the embargo, including the deployment of Ugandan troops and operational use of military […]

The Washington Center for Human Rights (WCHR) is deeply troubled by revelations made by ex-members of the United Kingdom’s Special Forces that war crimes are rife within the ranks of their peers who have operated in Iraq and Afghanistan. In disturbing eyewitness accounts broadcast by BBC Panorama, ex-SAS and SBS veterans reported a “lawless” situation […]

Washington Center for Human Rights (WCHR) is dismayed by allegations of credible facts that the Burkinabè military and militias allied with the government killed at least 130 Fulani civilians in March of 2025 in western Burkina Faso. The atrocity-ridden killings by Operation “Green Whirlwind 2” (Tourbillon Vert 2) is a war crime and could represent […]

The Washington Center for Human Rights (WCHR) is appalled by the recent large-scale forced evictions conducted throughout Ethiopia as part of the Corridor Development Project (CDP), not only in the capital, Addis Ababa but also in at least 58 other municipalities. These massive displacements—in the absence of genuine consultation, notice, or compensation—are major violations of […]

The Washington Center for Human Rights (WCHR) is deeply concerned about the escalating armed conflict between India and Pakistan that has already caused substantial civilian loss of life on both sides of the border. The Center appeals to both governments to use maximum restraint, to stop the hostilities forthwith, and to live up to their […]

As Israel initiates a fresh military campaign in Gaza this week, the Washington Center for Human Rights (WCHR) shares serious concern regarding escalating actions by the Israeli government to suppress humanitarian aid and muzzle human rights activism in the occupied Palestinian territories. The events represent a concerning direction for the continuing violence, exacerbating humanitarian distress […]

The Washington Center for Human Rights (WCHR) is seriously concerned about the widespread application of enforced disappearances and arbitrary detentions by West African military regimes to stifle dissent and silence civil society. As documented in Amnesty International’s most recent Annual Report, governments in Mali, Guinea, Burkina Faso, and Niger have applied these abusive tactics to […]

The Washington Center for Human Rights (WCHR) unequivocally condemns the continued complete siege of the Gaza Strip by Israel as a cynical act of genocide and an unlawful collective punishment. Two months following Israel’s restoration of a prohibition on humanitarian and commercial items on March 2, 2025, WCHR joins Amnesty International in asserting that the […]

With India approaching the second anniversary of the communal violence that broke out in Manipur on 3 May 2023, the Washington Center for Human Rights (WCHR) is seriously concerned about the extended displacement of more than 50,000 people and urges the Indian government to implement immediate steps towards safe, voluntary, and dignified resettlement of internally […]

The Washington Center for Human Rights (WCHR) denounces the shocking and increasing trend of executions in Saudi Arabia on drug-related charges, which has endangered dozens of detainees – a majority of whom are foreign nationals – with imminent execution. The Saudi government has, in shocking reports submitted by Amnesty International, executed at least 88 individuals […]