Kilotest: Diagnoses of element closure invalid violation by HTML element 0 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: Page contains invalid code
• Priority: high
• Related WCAG standard: 4.1
• Reported by 1 rule engine (Html Checker)
• Violations: 5
• Violators: 1

About the violator

• Tag name: HTML
• Text: [not applicable]
• Start tag: <html lang="en" dir="ltr" prefix="og: https://ogp.me/ns#" class=" js" data-scroll-dir-x="0" data-scroll-dir-y="0">
• XPath: /html
• Bounding box: x = 0, y = 0, width = 1920, height = 9438
• Reported by Html Checker

Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the element closure invalid issue for HTML element 0 of the Human Rights Watch page.

1. Stray end tag span. Extract: </span>

   Rule engine: Html Checker (World Wide Web Consortium)

   Rule: Stray end tag span.

2. Stray end tag span. Extract: </span>

   Rule engine: Html Checker (World Wide Web Consortium)

   Rule: Stray end tag span.

3. Stray end tag span. Extract: </span>

   Rule engine: Html Checker (World Wide Web Consortium)

   Rule: Stray end tag span.

4. Stray end tag span. Extract: </span>

   Rule engine: Html Checker (World Wide Web Consortium)

   Rule: Stray end tag span.

5. Stray end tag span. Extract: </span>

   Rule engine: Html Checker (World Wide Web Consortium)

   Rule: Stray end tag span.