Human Rights Watch

The Swedish National Press Club will honor Azerbaijani investigative reporter Khadija Ismayilova in absentia tonight with...

Up to 700 migrants were killed when their boat capsized late on Saturday night in what has been called the Mediterranean’s...

A coalition of human rights groups and sports organizations has claimed that human rights abuses will overshadow the...

Khadija Ismayilova, the investigative journalist jailed in Azerbaijan, has been allowed to see her family for the first time...

International groups are asking Stavros Lambrinidis, the European Union’s representative for human rights, to challenge...

Novelist Khaled Hosseini has added his voice to the campaign for the release of Khadija Ismayilova, the award-winning...

International protests are set this week over the arrest of award-winning investigative reporter Khadija Ismayilova amid...

Thousands of protestors have taken to Kiev’s now bloodied and charred streets to protest and demonstrate. However, not all...

By Maria Virginia Olano It was supposed to be the day Venezuela celebrates its young people. Instead, three students were...

A gruesome video showing decapitated bodies of inmates highlights increased violence and crime in Brazil’s historically...

Police in the west African nation of Guinea-Bissau busted a child trafficking ring and rescued 61 children, a state official...

Prosecutors have decided to indict former Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and his former deputy premier Suthep...