The Taliban have threatened, assaulted and arbitrarily detained women and girls for not abiding by the prescribed dress code.

The Sudan Shield Forces, an armed group that fights alongside the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), intentionally targeted civilians in an attack on January 10, 2025, international watchdog Human Rights ...

Israeli tanks rolled into the occupied West Bank for the first time in 20 years. The move marks a major escalation in ...

Mexico has identified another culprit: chronic underfunding of the country’s justice system. Homicide investigations often ...

Armed groups fighting alongside the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) have been intentionally targeting civilians, an international ...

Human Rights Watch says attack by Sudan Shield Forces on village in January killed at least 26 people, including a child ...

This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post covers ...

Human Rights Watch reported Tuesday that successive governments in Guatemala failed to meet their obligations toward girls facing forced pregnancies due to sexual violence. The right's ...

The Chinese government has increasingly imposed arbitrary restrictions on people’s internationally protected right to leave ...

Multiple police officers told HRW that they believed that directives to use excessive force during the July-August uprising came from the political leadership. "I believe that during the unrest ...