Civilians in Ukraine experienced serious conflict-related violations over the past year, with more targeted and ...

The Labour government in the UK, during its first full year in authority has carried out punitive immigration policies that have emboldened the far right, an authoritarian crackdown on protest rights, ...

The Egyptian authorities during 2025 systematically dismantled basic freedoms and suffocated civic space, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2026. Economic crises, coupled with ...

The Australian government expanded its abusive refugee and migrant policies in 2025, Human Rights Watch said in its World ...

In 2025, Pakistani authorities deployed vague and overbroad laws to intensify their crackdown on media freedom, political ...

The Washington Accords, signed in December 2025 between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda under US mediation, promised an end to the devastating armed conflict in eastern Congo through troop ...

Nepal was rocked by disorder and arson after police killed 19 protesters during the September demonstrations that toppled the ...

President Xi Jinping mobilized the government to impose strict ideological conformity and loyalty to him and the Chinese ...

In 2025, the North Korean government increased surveillance, information controls, and restrictions on market activity ...

US President Donald Trump’s second term has been marked by widespread human rights violations and sustained attacks on core ...

Some Latin American and Caribbean governments are violating rights of noncitizens at the Trump administration’s behest, while ...

Southern African countries committed serious human rights violations throughout 2025, creating vicious cycles of abuse and impunity.