Kilotest: Diagnoses of button name not visible violation by HTML element 2585 on Human Rights Watch page

Basics

About the page

• URL: https://www.hrw.org/
• Tested 3 days ago on 2026-10-07 at 21:44 by job 261007T2129-oiq
• Summary of results:
  • Rule engines:
    • Called: 12
    • Were able to test: 12
    • Reported any rule violations: 11
  • Violations: 2187
  • Violators: 1149
  • Issues: 65
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About the issue

• Why it matters: User cannot get help explaining a button
• Priority: lowest
• Related WCAG standard: 4.1.2
• Reported by 1 rule engine (ASLint)
• Violations: 56
• Violators: 56

About the violator

• Tag name: LI
• Text: [not applicable]
• Start tag: <li role="presentation">
• XPath: [not obtained]
• Bounding box: x = 852, y = 8137, width = 18, height = 6
• Reported by ASLint

Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the button name not visible issue for HTML element 2585 of the Human Rights Watch page.

1. The button should have a description, but the content is empty. Having only defined an attribute aria-label="Go to slide 4" is not sufficient and it is recommended to have the content instead, e.g. at least visually hidden, but exposed to assisitve technologies. Some users are disabling styles for better readability, and also description from attribute is not available for automatic translators.

   Rule engine: ASLint (eSSENTIAL Accessibility)

   Rule: empty_button_description