Throughout the year, HRW covered many human rights topics and crises around the world. From investigations into crimes ...

What did you learn from Human Rights Watch’s videos this year? Whether you watched HRW advocates address the European ...

Kazakhstan’s Senate adopted two rights-violating laws on December 18, both of them threatening freedom of expression.

Discussions are advancing at the United Nations on a new global treaty to guarantee every child’s right to a free education.

China’s government has long sought to silence dissent abroad, but recently there’s been a disturbing escalation: harassment ...

When 29-year-old Norbert Amoya went to fetch water from a river in northern Zambia earlier this year, he found large numbers ...

We, the undersigned organizations, write to respectfully urge the Yemeni authorities in Aden—represented by the ...

Last week, President Trump signed an executive order that proposes to challenge and dismantle a range of “cumbersome” ...

The death in custody of opposition figure Alfredo Díaz a few days ago is a stark reminder of the government’s brutality. He ...

Egyptian authorities should quash the conviction of prominent economist Abd al-Khaliq Farouk, who on October 2, 2025, was ...

Gyula Balog had a twinkle in his eye to match his wide smile, as he declared, “I’m an alcoholic, a homeless person, an ...

The United Arab Emirates-backed Southern Transitional Council and the Yemeni government should immediately provide ...