Human Rights Watch

A coalition of international NGOs has demanded a halt to Egypt’s US$5.2 billion coronavirus support loan out of concern over...

An international human rights watchdog is demanding that Thailand cease military enforcement of its anti-narcotics laws...

After a wave of arrests targeting members of opposition parties and activists, human rights groups have accused Azerbaijan...

In a bid to stop COVID-19 from spreading through its prisons, Turkey plans to release tens of thousands of criminals...

Cambodian police arrested a journalist for quoting the country’s prime minister who spoke about the economic consequences of...

The International Monetary Fund’s response to the COVID-19 crisis is in desperate need of anti-corruption measures, Human...

Around the world, governments are facing difficult decisions about how to address the spread of COVID-19 throughout their...

The Hungarian parliament approved on Monday a law expanding the power of Prime Minister Viktor Orban and allowing him to...

Iraqi security forces killed 13 protesters Sunday, the Associated Press has reported. Oil-rich southern Iraq has seen many...

Lebanon’s authorities are employing defamation laws to silence journalists, activists, and other critics of their policies...

Activists are outraged with Friday’s murder of an indigenous “Amazon Guardian” allegedly by illegal loggers he fought...

Masked gunmen killed at least 18 and injured hundreds of Iraqis when they opened fire at anti-government protesters in the...