Kilotest: Diagnoses of link href missing violation by HTML element 970 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: Helper cannot properly explain a link to a user
• Priority: low
• Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
• Reported by 2 rule engines (ASLint + Testaro)
• Violations: 2
• Violators: 2

About the violator

• Tag name: MAIN
• Text: Please rush an urgent gift now to help expose human rights abuses and defend justice. … MAKE A ONE-TIME GIFT
• Start tag: <main class="main" role="main">
• XPath: /html/body/div[1]/div[1]/main[1]
• Bounding box: x = 0, y = 123, width = 1920, height = 8905
• Reported by ASLint

Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the link href missing issue for HTML element 970 of the Human Rights Watch page.

1. Missing attribute <code>href</code> on link. The user cannot navigate to this element using the keyboard. A better option here is to use a <code><a></code> element instead.

   Rule engine: ASLint (eSSENTIAL Accessibility)

   Rule: missing_href_on_a