The Chinese authorities should urgently quash the conviction and free the Taiwanese publisher Li Yanhe (李延賀), known by his ...

Romania’s history offers a disturbing, yet instructive, example. In 1966, the country’s communist government adopted “Decree ...

We are writing on behalf of Human Rights Watch ahead of your visit to Vietnam to urge you to raise strong concerns and the ...

Romania has a deeply disturbing history of interfering with women’s reproductive rights. Behind the Iron Curtain, abortion as ...

Saudi authorities have released dozens of people serving long prison terms for peacefully exercising their rights yet continue to imprison and arbitrarily detain many more.

On Tuesday, the Trump administration froze federal funding for several organizations across the United States that provide ...

Three recent independent reports have made a compelling case for Uganda to invest in pre-primary education. In June 2024, the ...

Retired Brig. Gen. Frank Rusagara died last week in Rwanda. He had spent 11 years behind bars, without being allowed to speak ...

On April 3, the United Nations Human Rights Council adopted by consensus a resolution about “the realization in all countries ...

Niger’s military junta released about 50 people from prison, including several former government officials, military officers ...

Human Rights Watch welcomes the opportunity to provide input to inform the report on older persons in armed conflict and ...

The UK Labour government is slashing the country's aid budget to just 0.3 percent by 2027, a projected reduction in cash ...