Kilotest: Diagnoses of list-like br use dubious violation by HTML element 1253 on Human Rights Watch contact page

Basics

About the page

• URL: https://www.hrw.org/contact-us
• Tested 3 days ago on 2026-10-07 at 21:44 by job 261007T2129-ov7
• Summary of results:
  • Rule engines:
    • Called: 12
    • Were able to test: 12
    • Reported any rule violations: 11
  • Violations: 1653
  • Violators: 652
  • Issues: 54
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About the issue

• Why it matters: User cannot get help recognizing a list of items
• Priority: lowest
• Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
• Reported by 1 rule engine (QualWeb)
• Violations: 4
• Violators: 4

About the violator

• Tag name: P
• Text: Press Desk … Tel: +1-212-290-4700 (Main Number)
• Start tag: <p>
• XPath: [not obtained]
• Bounding box: x = 256, y = 7206, width = 339, height = 300
• Reported by QualWeb

Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the list-like br use dubious issue for HTML element 1253 of the Human Rights Watch contact page.

1. [failed] `br` elements are being be used as a list.

   Rule engine: QualWeb (University of Lisbon)

   Rule: QW-BP11