Power has its perks in Niger and the rules are being rewritten by those in charge. On Thursday, a national commission, representing participants to talks on the country’s transition to democratic rule ...

Kyrgyzstani authorities should urgently take all necessary measures to ensure the ongoing safety and security of an imprisoned human rights defender and journalist who has received death threats from ...

A prominent civil society leader in Guinea, Abdoul Sacko, went missing in the early hours of February 19, 2025, after gunmen ...

Russia’s war against Ukraine will soon enter its fourth year. Since February 2022, violations of the laws of war have led to ...

Dozens of arrests on the first anniversary of Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny’s death are just the tip of the ...

Muhsin Hendricks, an openly gay imam, Islamic scholar and LGBT rights activist was shot and killed in Gqeberha, South Africa ...

The Trump administration has enacted new immigration policies at a dizzying pace, some of which obliterate programs built ...

Thailand’s National Anti-Corruption Commission summoned 44 politicians from the former Move Forward Party who were criminally indicted for sponsoring a bill in parliament to reform the abusive ...

Successive governments in Guatemala have failed to meet their obligations toward girls facing early and forced pregnancies ...

Human Rights Watch and Earthworks are pushing for strong government regulation of mining to protect communities and the ...

Ugandan authorities should release from prison former opposition presidential candidate Kizza Besigye, whose health has ...

Human Rights Watch announced today that the Board of Directors has named Federico Borello as interim executive director, ...