The Zambian police and military forcibly disappeared, arbitrarily detained, beat, and threatened opposition members and ...

Human Rights Watch letter to Australian Minister for Defence Richard Marles, regarding transparency in arms exports.

Posturing as an iron-fisted leader during a visit to El Salvador is easy, but delivering results at home is not. Making Peruvians safe from organized crime will require strengthening the justice ...

Prison authorities in the Australian state of South Australia are harming people with disabilities by using solitary ...

A ruling this week by Ukraine’s Supreme Court recognizing a same-sex couple as a de facto family marks a significant victory for equality. The case involves Zorian Kis, a Ukrainian diplomat, and his ...

Operação Contenção, or Operation Containment, was the deadliest documented one-day police operation ever in a country where ...

We are writing on behalf of Human Rights Watch in advance of the official visit to Japan of To Lam, President of Vietnam and Communist Party of Vietnam General Secretary, from November 8 to November ...

One year after Tanzania’s contested 2025 elections, authorities have yet to make any arrests for human rights violations ...

School officials across Azerbaijan have been turning away girls wearing hijabs following the introduction of new government ...

A new investigation and accompanying feature detail how police officers tampered with body cameras during a deadly raid in ...

The Indian authorities’ removal of over 130 million names from the country’s electoral rolls, is arbitrary and deeply flawed.

When I woke up this morning to the news that Novaya Gazeta is closing its doors, it felt like a personal blow. To me, ...