Australia passed new laws that expand government authority to ban hate groups and impose tougher penalties for hate crimes.

Major donor nations dealt a devastating blow to the right to health for millions of people worldwide when they cut support for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.

On January 6, Niger’s transport minister issued a decree punishing at least 34 fuel transport operators and long-haul truck ...

We write to you on behalf of Human Rights Watch to draw your attention to serious human rights abuses by the United Arab ...

From the day it took office, January 20, 2025, the second Trump administration has spawned new immigration policies at a ...

People living near Lega Dembi gold mine in Ethiopia’s Oromia region have for years complained about serious health impacts, including children born with long-term health conditions, miscarriages, and ...

Uganda’s electoral commission has declared President Yoweri Museveni as the winner of the January 15 elections, securing his ...

"You don't have a house here anymore. You need to leave." An Israeli soldier spoke those words to Leila E., a 54-year-old ...

On January 19, a court in Makhachkala, the capital city of Russia’s Dagestan region, sentenced women’s rights defender and ...

US President Donald Trump on January 20, 2026, attacked an agreement that he had previously approved under which the United ...

Ahead of the first session of the Conference Preparatory Committee and the Working Group for the negotiations of a Convention ...

The Sri Lanka government’s proposed counterterrorism legislation includes numerous provisions similar to the current abusive ...