In the Sahel, human rights defenders are being targeted more than ever by the various states, while civic space is ...

Eritrea has rejected accusations by Ethiopia’s former president Mulatu Teshome that it is destabilising the northern region of its neighbour, arguing that Addis Ababa’s internal turmoil is the real ...

Two men died in custody in Uzbekistan in recent days, and a third man is in the hospital unresponsive after police detained him, according to rights groups and local bloggers.

Conflict and displacement have left much of Syria’s infrastructure in ruins. Entire towns are uninhabitable. Schools, hospitals, roads, water facilities, and electrical grids are damaged or destroyed.

Human Rights Watch announced today that the Board of Directors has named Federico Borello as interim executive director, effective immediately. Borello, the current deputy executive director and chief ...

As the crisis in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo reaches a critical juncture, pressure is mounting on the African ...

The interim government in Bangladesh should ensure that security forces act with neutrality and respect the rule of law to ...

Human Rights Watch and the Platform for Families in Pursuit of Justice have also written to the ministry asking for the numbers. The information we do have about the number of trials of private ...

During the discussion forum, Rahel said the national ID, as its local name "Fayda", has significant benefit to provide multifaceted services to Ethiopia including protecting the rights of citizens and ...

Human Rights Watch and the ACLU said in a report released today. The 18,000-acre mining project is under construction and will extract lithium from one of the world’s largest known deposits.

Freedom of speech is a bellwether: how any society tolerates those with minority, disfavored, or even obnoxious views will often speak to its performance on human rights more generally.

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