World Report 2016 summarizes key human rights issues in more than 90 countries and territories worldwide. It reflects investigative work that Human Rights Watch staff undertook in 2015, usually in ...

In a possible step towards justice, Eric Tataw, a Cameroonian national residing in the US state of Maryland, has been charged ...

While the new version of the travel ban is worded more carefully than the ham-fisted “Muslim ban” of the first Trump ...

US President Donald Trump issued a proclamation on June 4, 2025, banning nationals of 12 countries from entering the US.

Joe Figueira Martin lleva más de un año detenido en Bangui, capital de la República Centroafricana, sin que se le haya ...

A March 16, 2025 drone attack by Türkiye or Türkiye-backed Syrian factions killed seven Kurdish children, their 18-year-old ...

South Africa: A recent spate of violent attacks highlights how children are often left unprotected. Despite legislation that ...

Last weekend marked the anniversary of the Tulsa race massacre of 1921 when the thriving Black community in the Greenwood ...

Key developments around the world, however, offer a reminder that the global fight for environmental human rights is waged in ...

As South Africa commemorates Child Protection Week, an annual campaign to raise awareness about the safety and wellbeing of ...

Vahagn Petrosyan was 36 years old when a court stripped him of his legal capacity in September 2015, claiming his ...