Human Rights Groups Condemn State Department Decision to Honor Intel and Gap, Inc., Companies Listed on Jewish World Watch Uyghur Forced Labor Database

Washington, D.C. – Today, Secretary of State Antony Blinken recognized two companies with the State Department’s prestigious Award for Corporate Excellence (ACE) with well-known and extensively-documented ties to Uyghur forced labor. Human rights groups, including Jewish World Watch and Uyghur Human Rights Project, condemn the decision. Nominated by the U.S. missions in Costa Rica and…

Jewish Rohingya Justice Network applauds House passage of bipartisan Burma bill, calls on Senate to act

Today’s passage of the Burma Unified through Rigorous Military Accountability Act of 2021 (BURMA Act) in the U.S. House of Representatives is a meaningful and welcome next step in the fight for justice for the Rohingya people. Jewish World Watch and the entire Jewish Rohingya Justice Network thanks House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Gregory Meeks…

500 days of war in Tigray

Today marks 500 days since violence in the Tigray region began. Hundreds of thousands of people have lost their lives, and more than 6.8 million need food aid. While the international attention is on the tragedy unfolding in Ukraine, it is easy to lose sight of atrocities occurring in so many places worldwide. These conflicts…