On October 13, a court outside Paris will put on trial Dr. Dilnur Reyhan, a prominent French-Uyghur scholar and activist, and the president of the European Uyghur Institute, for the criminal offense ...

The 30th annual United Nations climate change conference, COP30, will bring together states that are party to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change as well as thousands of experts, journalists ...

(New York) –Bangladesh’s interim government led by Muhammad Yunus, a Nobel peace laureate, is increasingly using the recently amended counterterrorism law to arrest alleged supporters of the deposed ...

Egypt and Vietnam are on track to secure seats on the United Nations Human Rights Council despite being woefully unfit for membership, Human Rights Watch said. The UN General Assembly will elect ...

Human Rights Watch stands with civil society and signed this letter, alongside more than 3700 other organizations, condemning the Trump administration’s attacks. It is a testament to our community’s ...

Tajikistan should deny entry to Russian President Vladimir Putin or arrest him if he enters the country, based on an ...

Comedians performing at the Riyadh Comedy Festival did not use their public platform to urge Saudi authorities to free ...

(Beirut) – A Tunisian court sentenced a man to death last week for peaceful Facebook posts, Human Rights Watch said today. He received a presidential pardon days later, but this is an unprecedented ...

The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on October 7 extended the mandate of the special rapporteur on the situation ...

This month sees the 25th anniversary of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace, and Security.

The United Nations Human Rights Council on October 6 extended a project to gather evidence of human rights violations and war ...

The Chinese government should drop the baseless charges against the artist Gao Zhen (高兟) and allow him and his family to ...