Niger has rejected key recommendations raised by United Nations member countries during its Universal Periodic Review (UPR) ...

The Trump administration’s decision not to invite the leading international election observation body to monitor crucial US ...

An array of former government officials, human rights groups, bar associations, and legal experts from around the world have filed eight amicus briefs supporting a lawsuit challenging US President ...

Russian authorities are doubling down on their efforts to quash freedom of expression, including access to information, by increasingly suppressing tools to circumvent draconian censorship laws, Human ...

The International Criminal Court (ICC)’s conviction of Mahamat Said Abdel Kani for crimes against humanity in the Central ...

Donald Trump’s tumultuous relationship with US journalists and legacy media reached a new crisis over the past week.

Three laws approved in September 2026 by the Bangladeshi parliament have reversed human rights protections and broken the ...

The discovery of several women’s bodies on the outskirts of South Africa’s commercial capital, Johannesburg, has caused fear, anxiety and outrage across the country. All the women were found naked or ...

(New York) – World leaders at the annual meeting of the United Nations General Assembly in New York City from September 22-28, 2026, should commit to defending human rights, Human Rights Watch said.

States at this Council should move beyond double standards and take overdue action to address grave ongoing human rights ...

A national cybercrime court in Mali on September 14 sentenced a prominent journalist, Abdramane Keïta, to two years in prison ...