The Thai authorities should immediately release Le Chi Thanh, a prominent Vietnamese anti-corruption activist, and ensure ...
An Islamist armed group has killed at least 38 civilians, abducted 9 women, and burned property in 3 separate incidents in ...
Imagine living in North Korea. Then imagine your mother selling herself into a forced marriage in China to pay for your ...
England’s National Health Service (NHS) has announced it will block new referrals for gender-affirming hormone therapy for transgender youth under 18, restricting access to evidence-based care and ...
Human Rights Watch is increasingly alarmed at severe restrictions on and repression of protests around the world, often under the guise of countering terrorism or invoking emergency powers, and the ...
The Vietnamese authorities should give priority to releasing political prisoners with urgent health problems, Human Rights Watch said today. “The Vietnamese authorities have compounded the wrongful ...
This week, the Australian government introduced a new bill, that if passed, will prevent people from conflict and crisis-affected countries from visiting Australia.
A prominent Iraqi women’s rights activist was gunned down outside her Baghdad home by two men on motorcycles on March 2, 2026 ...
Russian authorities have escalated their internet censorship efforts over the past month, Human Rights Watch said today, a day marked by free speech defenders as World Day Against Cyber Censorship.
As world institutions wobble, The Hague has unexpectedly become the stage for a reckoning long denied in the Philippines.
On February 26, the United Kingdom, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, and Norway announced the formation of a coalition to prevent atrocities and promote justice in Sudan.