We, the undersigned human rights groups, are writing to request your urgent and robust intervention with the Bahraini ...

Iranian authorities have issued heavy prison sentences for at least two dozen activists from the Azeri minority since October ...

Ethiopia's national elections body on Thursday imposed a three-month suspension on a party that administers the war-scarred Tigray region, saying it had breached laws governing its internal affairs.

United Nations officials removed criticisms of the Saudi government from the official record of a UN-organized internet governance conference in Riyadh in December 2024, and retaliated against civil ...

While North Korea is widely acknowledged as one of the world's most constraining dictatorships, there is a country that has been dubbed "Africa's North Korea".

A report published by Human Rights Watch (HRW) this week criticizes the federal government ... coincide with ongoing efforts to establish transitional justice mechanisms in Ethiopia, arguing that the ...

Human Rights Watch was one of 40 organizations that urged the Commission to ensure a risk benchmarking system that reflects realities on the ground. In a recent joint letter, we and our partners ...

Ethiopia is waging an “escalating crackdown” on civil society, Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday (January 29, 2025), denouncing the suspension of two independent human rights groups in ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) condemned Ethiopian authorities for shutting down two prominent human rights organizations in recent weeks, deepening an ongoing crackdown against civil society, in a ...

Ethiopia is waging an "escalating crackdown" on civil society, Human Rights Watch said Wednesday, denouncing the suspension of two independent human rights groups in recent weeks.