Five Cambodian environmental activists who have completed one year of their six to eight-year prison terms on baseless ...

The budget reconciliation bill passed by the United States Senate today would extend tax cuts that disproportionately benefit ...

Recent attacks on girls and young women in South Sudan illustrate how they are at risk and lack adequate protections.

The European Commission’s forthcoming 2026–2030 LGBTIQ Equality Strategy represents a crucial opportunity to reaffirm and expand the EU’s role as a global leader in human rights. While much of the ...

On the last day of its term, the United States Supreme Court issued a sweeping decision in Mahmoud v. Taylor, finding that parents are entitled to opt their children out of school curricula that ...

Human Rights Watch is pleased to contribute to the report of the Independent Expert on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity regarding the human right to education and the protection against violence ...

On June 26, 2025, about a dozen weapon-wielding men in Malawi attacked demonstrators peacefully protesting the government’s ...

This weekend in Hungary’s capital Budapest, Human Rights Watch staff witnessed the city transform—if only for one brilliant ...

The Israeli government’s plan to demolish what remains of Gaza’s civilian infrastructure and concentrate the Palestinian population into a tiny area would amount to an abhorrent escalation of ...

We, the undersigned civil society organizations, demand an end to Israel’s arbitrary detention of Palestinian health workers ...

The Ethiopian authorities should immediately rescind the suspension of a prominent health professionals organization and ...

Reforms passed by Ecuador’s National Assembly and signed by President Daniel Noboa severely threaten children’s rights and ...