Human Rights Watch

A Kazakh journalist and civic activist was stabbed in the stomach on an overnight trainSundaybefore he was due to meet with...

Khadija Ismayilova began her video conference to a room of parliamentarians in Brussels by apologizing to the people of her...

Montenegrin journalist Jovo Martinovic pleaded not guilty on Thursday to charges of working with a drug trafficking ring, in...

International rights organizations have jointly called for the release of Montenegrin investigative reporter Jovo...

On Sept. 2, Uzbek authorities confirmed the death of President Islam Karimov, the strongman who ruled the country for 25...

Arms and human rights experts question the legality of Central and Eastern Europe’s rocketing arms trade with the Middle...

The Swedish retail giant IKEA has been reported to the US Customs Department for importing duvet covers made in...

By Ola Westerberg, TT News Agency, Sweden Duvet covers and pillow shams sold by IKEA are produced in Turkmenistan, a...

Azerbaijani human rights activist Leyla Yunus was released from prison early today by the Baku Court of Appeals due to...

Sweeping reforms rapidly introduced by Poland’s new government are threatening to undermine the country’s constitution and...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has given its Alison Des Forges Award for extraordinary activism to Azerbaijani investigative...

An Azerbaijani court has released a human rights defender whose imprisonment was condemned by human rights groups to serve...