It has been 15 years since the European Court for Human Rights found in the Sejdic-Finci case blatant racial and ethnic ...

Social media censorship is a global phenomenon, but the war on pro-Palestinian views on social media represents a different ...

Rıfat Roni has spent more than a decade as an official court interpreter facilitating communication for Kurdish speakers in ...

I am honored to appear before this commission to testify, on behalf of Human Rights Watch, regarding the human rights ...

Chair of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the second installment in the Committee’s documentary-style Truth to Power Series. Episode 2, “Defending the Defenders,” highlights how ...

The groups are the latest to join the large number of prominent voices accusing Israel of genocide or genocidal acts.

This piece features two Afghan women artists living in exile who protest through their work, and who voice their beliefs, ...

The Daily Brief also took a breather from more serious concerns on occasion. I did one edition of the Daily Brief from a tram ...

A general election in Germany is expected in February 2025. In December 2024, Human Rights Watch wrote to political parties ...

The danger now is that, at this site and others, vital evidence is just lying around, unprotected. Without efforts to secure sites like this, there’s a risk of losing essential evidence needed to ...

The Hope Away from Home campaign is calling for ongoing solidarity to protect and defend the rights of all refugees, without discrimination. The time for action is now.

United Nations member countries should take urgent steps to end the UN’s financial troubles, which are hindering human rights ...