The Human Rights Watch executive director, Philippe Bolopion, urged senior Congolese officials to respect freedom of ...

There is growing recognition that current economic metrics fail to capture much of what really matters. When economic ...

In this blog post, Skye Wheeler reflects on advocacy and research in Sierra Leone and introduces an upcoming webinar hosted by Human Rights Watch and the Center for Reproductive Rights. Bringing ...

Two journalists were arrested in the Maldives on May 12, the first journalists jailed on criminal charges since the country ...

Two years after the Arakan Army, an ethnic armed group, killed and wounded hundreds of Rohingya Muslims and burned down their ...

Vigilantes in South Africa have carried out violent xenophobic attacks targeting African and Asian foreign nationals in ...

This week, a court in the Philippines dismissed terrorism financing charges against the Community Empowerment Resource ...

Registration fees and other costs to attend public schools in Liberia are a major barrier to education, forcing many children ...

The decision by a Norwegian appeals court on May 15, 2026, to block the extradition of a human rights defender, Tommy Olsen, ...

Leading UN human rights experts on issues of slavery, migration, and human trafficking worldwide have urged Saudi Arabia on April 29 to effectively abolish the kafala (sponsorship) system, an abusive ...

The prominent anti-corruption lawyer Ruth López remains in pretrial detention in El Salvador, with her case under judicial ...

Ahead of your forthcoming visit to China, we urge you to put human rights at the centre of your engagement with your Chinese counterparts.