#human rights watch

The Rohingya ethnic group living in Myanmars Rakhine State is one of the worlds most persecuted minority groups. ...

"As long as Palestine does not gain its independence, Indonesia will keep challenging the Israeli occupation," ...

A Russian-backed regime onslaught in northern Syria was reported to have killed more than 500 people this month, as ...

- CGAP today announced its 2015 Photo Contest winner as Sujan Sarkar of India. The winning photo, called ...

An Emirati human rights activist barred from leaving his home country was on Tuesday named the 2015 winner of an award ...

The administration of Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has announced to lift restrictions on foreign media in Papua, after on the ...

Indonesias National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) and several other non-governmental organizations condemn ...

Pakistan plans to execute around 500 militants in coming weeks, officials said Monday, after the government lifted a ...

Venezuelas security forces have engaged in a "pattern of serious abuses" against anti-government protesters, including ...

Australia on Wednesday rejected claims by a group of asylum seekers that they were beaten and suffered burns while ...

Australia has damaged its human rights record by persistently undercutting refugee protections, including a ...

Thailands government Thursday rejected calls to postpone February elections after clashes between police and ...

An Egyptian court ordered an end to a state of emergency Tuesday, two days ahead of schedule and three months after it ...

World powers called on Thursday for a return to democracy in Egypt after the military ousted president Mohamed Morsi, ...

Heavy fighting between Nigerian troops and suspected Islamist insurgents has killed 187 people and injured 77 others, ...