A new executive order seeking to designate “illicit fentanyl” a “weapon of mass destruction” could open the door to a ...

Panama, Costa Rica, El Salvador; Eswatini, Rwanda, Ghana, South Sudan Since the start of his second term, United States president Donald Trump has cracked down on irregular migration, unlawfully ...

The International Automobile Federation (Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile, or FIA), the international body governing motor sports, including Formula1, held its annual General Assemblies last ...

For over two decades, Costa Rica has banned oil and gas exploration and production. That ban runs until 2050, but it rests on a fragile legal foundation - a presidential moratorium. Any President can ...

Throughout the year, HRW covered many human rights topics and crises around the world. From major developments in ...

Kazakhstan’s Senate adopted two rights-violating laws on December 18, both of them threatening freedom of expression.

Discussions are advancing at the United Nations on a new global treaty to guarantee every child’s right to a free education.

What did you learn from Human Rights Watch’s videos this year? Whether you watched HRW advocates address the European ...

We, the undersigned organizations, write to respectfully urge the Yemeni authorities in Aden—represented by the ...

China’s government has long sought to silence dissent abroad, but recently there’s been a disturbing escalation: harassment ...

Egyptian authorities should quash the conviction of prominent economist Abd al-Khaliq Farouk, who on October 2, 2025, was ...

When 29-year-old Norbert Amoya went to fetch water from a river in northern Zambia earlier this year, he found large numbers ...