Three years after Uzbekistan criminalized domestic violence, data shows that for women progress is too slow. Ahead of ...

We join together as a broad coalition of humanitarian, human rights, and faith-based organizations to call on all sides of politics to demonstrate responsible leadership in public discourse, and help ...

The United States government on March 2, 2026, announced sanctions on Rwanda’s military and four senior commanders because of their support for the abusive M23 armed group in the Democratic Republic ...

Pacific Island governments on March 4, 2026 launched the world’s first regional guide to address climate-related relocation grounded in human rights principles.

Across the state of Kansas, transgender people are receiving letters informing them that their driver’s licenses are invalid following the passage of a law that invalidates birth certificates and ...

The Istanbul mayor and presidential candidate Ekrem İmamoğlu will stand trial on March 9, 2026 as the central defendant in a politically motivated mass corruption prosecution, Human Rights Watch said ...

The United States Department of Defense’s decision on February 27 to reject the artificial intelligence company Anthropic’s ethical red lines for AI for military use is a clear sign that the Pentagon ...

Lao authorities should urgently and impartially investigate the suspicious death of an outspoken critic of the government and ...

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth commented at a news conference on March 2, 2026, about “stupid rules of engagement,” ...

Two unknown assailants shot and killed housing rights activist Zweli ‘Khabazela’ Mkhize on February 12. Treasurer of the ...

“When war crimes and other grave abuses take place with complete impunity, they are likely to happen again, with civilians paying the price,” said Ramzi Kaiss, Lebanon researcher at Human Rights Watch ...

In an important judgment for media freedom, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on February 26 ruled that Hungary violated EU law when it stripped independent radio station Klubrádió of ...