International human rights group Human Rights Watch (HRW) announced in a news release on Tuesday that Iran has arrested the ...

Human Rights Watch has called on Latin American governments to enhance protections and provide legal status for Haitian and ...

The NGO urges governments to improve protection schemes, grant legal status and reverse "onerous visa requirements" for ...

For example, Human Rights Watch, among others, has documented devastating ethnic cleansing in West Darfur. Given the prevalence of such atrocities in the conflict, Human Rights Watch has called ...

For more background, see successive civil society letters to the Human Rights Council, including: DefendDefenders et al., “Burundi: Vital role of the Commission of Inquiry in prompting ...

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz touted Vice President Kamala Harris' record of defending LGBTQ+ rights on Saturday night, pledging to a supportive crowd that she will advance their cause if elected president.

Heather Barr is associate director of the Women's Rights Division at Human Rights Watch. She has researched human rights in countries including Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nepal, Papua New ...

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In August, a group of United Nations independent human rights experts expressed concern that “[r]egrettably, Australia has not directly apologised to the victims and their families or informed ...

and ensure that their business practices in the Philippines are consistent with international human rights principles and standards.

Human Rights Watch said today. The proposals could also lead to an increase in military abuses and arbitrary detentions. The proposals are contained in four bills that legislators are expected to ...

Human Rights Watch said in a letter to chief advisor Muhammad Yunus and other interim government officials that was released today. The council should also ensure ongoing monitoring of Bangladesh ...