On March 3, Belgium’s Federal Prosecutor’s Office announced the arrest of four individuals—three of whom remain in detention—as part of an investigation into alleged war crimes and crimes against ...

Iranian authorities should immediately end the ongoing internet shutdown and communications restrictions, which place ...

Weaker regulations from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are putting millions at risk of higher exposure to deadly air pollutants, hundreds of former EPA scientists said in a new report.

Labor rights activists have long used International Women’s Day, March 8, to highlight gender and racial inequities in the ...

Authoritarian regimes consistently restrict women’s and girls’ rights more severely than rights-respecting democracies. But today’s rising authoritarian governments differ from 20th-century ...

Last week, a St. Petersburg court in a closed door hearing, designated a leading Russian LGBT rights group, Coming Out, as an “extremist organization.” ...

State restrictions on abortion, since the Supreme Court ruled in 2022 that the US constitution does not confer a right to ...

Women with disabilities in Kyrgyzstan face alarming rates of harassment, physical and sexual abuse, and economic discrimination, despite legal reforms, Human Rights Watch said today, ahead of ...

Human Rights Watch will conduct research for the next three years into working conditions in the supply chains in Asia for ...

In celebration of International Women’s Day, the Vietnam Women’s Union launched a nationwide campaign called “long-dress week” (tuan le ao dai) to “promote the beauty of Vietnam’s women.” ...

On February 16, 2026, a car chase by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ended in a deadly crash in Georgia, killing ...

We are writing to you regarding the ongoing war and conflict in the Middle East, with particular reference to the situation in Bahrain and our concerns regarding two EU citizens considered prisoners ...