Courts in Kazakhstan recently delivered guilty verdicts in two unrelated criminal cases where both defendants are outspoken ...

We, the undersigned nongovernmental organizations, are writing to call on your administration to ensure that should your ...

The first hearing in the trial of a Turkish environmental activist, who faces charges stemming from a peaceful protest ...

While corresponding with a local journalist in Afghanistan around a recent report I had authored, I received a shocking ...

At his first international press conference, Hungary’s prime minister-elect Péter Magyar pledged to reverse his country’s move to leave the International Criminal Court (ICC).

Human Rights Watch defends the rights of people in close to 100 countries worldwide, spotlighting abuses and bringing ...

Thai authorities will prosecute 44 opposition politicians for sponsoring a bill to reform Thailand’s lèse-majesté (insulting ...

Zimbabwean authorities have harassed, abducted, and arbitrarily detained student leaders protesting a proposed constitutional ...

A bill before Uganda ’s Parliament that proposes sweeping controls over “foreign funding” and political activity threatens ...

A new governmental decree undermines the independence of lawyers in Vietnam and will impede efforts to hold officials ...

We, the undersigned organisations, are alarmed and appalled by the conviction of Ben Jamal and Chris Nineham, two respected ...

For three years, civilians in Sudan have borne the brunt of a conflict epitomized by widespread violations of human rights ...