Human Rights Watch

Sun Bo, the man in charge of building China’s new aircraft carrier, was detained for corruption charges, according to a...

Saudi Arabia’s counter-terrorism measures are violating human rights and the kingdom’s legislation is criminalising peaceful...

The founder of Faroz, one of Tajikistan’s most successful companies, had no intention of feuding with the regime. But after...

Authoritarian, impoverished Tajikistan once boasted one of the most effective opposition parties among the former Soviet...

Wearing black T-shirts and hoods with slogans "#Afgan" and "No Investigations Means No Cooperation,"...

Critics of Malaysia’s fake-news law say the new legislation is meant to silence news surrounding the prime minister’s...

Indonesian lawmakers have come under fire for quietly passing a law that protects them from criticism and prosecution and...

By Haroon Janjua A court in Dhaka sent on Thursday the former Prime Minister of Bangladesh and opposition leader to prison...

Lithuanian Parliament unanimously passed on Thursday a version of the Magnitsky Act—legislation that allows sanctions to be...

Tajikistan’s Supreme Court jailed at least nine former top anti-corruption officials in the largest and most high-profile...

A Bangkok court convicted 62 people Wednesday of offenses including organized transnational crime and forcible detention...

The Tunisian government continued its anti-corruption campaign Friday, announcing the confiscation of property belonging to...