Kilotest: Violations of link indication poor issue for Human Rights Watch page

Basics

About the page

• URL: https://www.hrw.org/
• Tested 2 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 differentiate a link from plain text
• Priority: low
• Related WCAG standard: 1.3.3
• Reported by 1 rule engine (Testaro)
• Violations: 4
• Violators: 4

Violators

Here are the HTML elements reported to violate rules belonging to the link indication poor issue.

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• Element 971

  • Tag name: A
  • Text: Please rush an urgent gift now to help expose human rights abuses and defend justice. … MAKE A ONE-TIME GIFT
  • Start tag: <a id="main-content" tabindex="-1">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/div[1]/main[1]/a[1]
  • Bounding box: x = 0, y = 123, width = 0, height = 0
  • Reported by Testaro
  • What diagnoses were reported?

• Element 1735

  • Tag name: A
  • Text: Privacy Policy
  • Start tag: <a href="/privacy-policy" data-event-action="Follow (Social)" data-event-name="Privacy Policy">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/div[1]/main[1]/div[2]/div[2]/div[2]/div[1]/div[9]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/section[1]/form[1]/div[1]/a[1]
  • Bounding box: x = 280, y = 5379, width = 88, height = 16
  • Reported by Testaro
  • What diagnoses were reported?

• Element 1820

  • Tag name: A
  • Text: READ OUR LATEST
  • Start tag: <a href="https://www.hrw.org/tag/crisis-in-the-middle-east" class="text-white uppercase svg-right-5 text-sm link-icon font-sans font-medium" title="" data-event-action="Promo">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/div[1]/main[1]/div[2]/div[2]/div[2]/div[1]/div[9]/div[2]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[2]/a[1]
  • Bounding box: x = 1239, y = 5287, width = 139, height = 17
  • Reported by Testaro
  • What diagnoses were reported?

• Element 2764

  • Tag name: A
  • Text: privacy policy
  • Start tag: <a href="https://www.hrw.org/privacy-policy">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[2]/div[2]/a[1]
  • Bounding box: x = 1131, y = 1019, width = 111, height = 21
  • Reported by Testaro
  • Take me there
  • What diagnoses were reported?