The United States should immediately halt the transfer of immigrant detainees to the Guantánamo Bay Naval Base, where they face "abusive and inhumane detention conditions that may amount to ...

(Johannesburg) – A Zimbabwe court’s acquittal of three human rights activists on disorderly conduct charges more than a year after their arrest highlights the authorities’ misuse of the criminal ...

Yemen’s warring parties – particularly the Houthis, the Southern Transitional Council, and the Yemeni government – have committed serious human rights violations against journalists in Yemen.

(Brussels, September 10, 2025) – The European Union and its member states should use all available diplomatic and legal tools to press the Georgiangovernment to end its persecution of independent ...

(Washington, DC) – The US government on September 4, 2025 used its International Criminal Court-related sanctions program to impose sanctions on three leading Palestinian human rights organizations—Al ...

Human Rights Watch East African Director, Otsieno Namwaya addressing the media in Nairobi. [Denis Kibuchi, Standard] The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has dismissed claims by Human ...

(Jerusalem, September 4, 2025) – At least five Iranian ballistic missiles struck populated areas of Israel during the June 2025 armed conflict in violation of the laws of war and should be ...

(Beirut) – Egyptian authorities have since July 2025 carried out an abusive campaign of mass arrests and prosecutions targeting online content creators, Human Rights Watch said today. Based on ...

(Bangkok) – Cambodia’s National Assembly passed amendments to its citizenship law on August 25, 2025, that allow the government to silence dissent by reworking Cambodian citizenship, Human Rights ...

(Johannesburg, September 4, 2025) – A South African-owned company is providing access to toxic lead-bearing waste in the Zambian city of Kabwe despite immense health risks for local residents, Human ...

Human Rights Watch East African Director, Otsieno Namwaya addressing the media in Nairobi on 31st May 2023 regarding Kenya’s continuous abusive policing of protestors. [Denis Kibuchi, Standard] Human ...

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