A United Nations Human Rights Council resolution on October 7 calling for concrete action against systemic racism should have ...

The Libyan Arab Armed Forces (LAAF), which controls eastern and southern Libya, has executed at least 31 people since late ...

The Vietnamese authorities should immediately release three activists associated with the overseas Viet Tan organization who ...

France has confirmed that it has opened a “technical dialogue” with the Taliban authorities regarding forced returns to ...

A Saudi court has sentenced a Sri Lankan migrant worker to death over a Facebook comment that was deemed blasphemous.

Every October, Japan celebrates Sports Day, a public holiday established to commemorate the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games and Japan's longstanding commitment to sport as a national priority.

Indian authorities are using abusive methods to crack down on thousands of peaceful protesters in New Delhi and other Indian ...

Senegal’s growing crackdown on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) people is violating their rights, causing ...

(Berlin) – Russia’s Supreme Court ruled today that the “international LGBT movement” is an “extremist organization,” jeopardizing all forms of LGBT rights activism in the country, Human Rights Watch ...

Burundi is set to win re-election to the United Nations Human Rights Council in a vote on October 12, 2026, with no competition.

A lawyer in Niger faces prosecution over comments about the army on social media while a prominent journalist and critic of ...

(New York) – The Trump administration’s decision to sanction the International Criminal Court (ICC) is an unprecedented assault on global justice and the rule of law, Human Rights Watch said today. On ...