Iranian authorities have issued heavy prison sentences for at least two dozen activists from the Azeri minority since October ...

The interim government in Bangladesh should ensure that security forces act with neutrality and respect the rule of law to ...

New Jersey’s Indiscriminate Prosecution of Children as Adults,” reveals that prosecutors have near-total discretion to decide ...

Human Rights Watch, together with our research partner, the University of Chicago Law School Global Human Rights Clinic, spoke with three yo’åmte—all grandmothers in their 70s and 80s—about ...

The Bill of Rights Bill was originally introduced to parliament in June 2022. It would have repealed and replaced the Human Rights Act 1998, which incorporates and makes the rights contained in the ...

François Hollande, President of the Republic – opening debate of the 67th session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, 25 September 2012 Human rights are defined as the inalienable rights of ...

Human Rights Watch is working toward the realization of women’s empowerment and gender equality—protecting the rights and improving the lives of women and girls on the ground.

(Beirut) – Two ethnic Kurdish women, Pakhshan Azizi and Warisha Moradi, face possible imminent execution in Iran, Human Rights Watch said today. “Iranian authorities are using the death ...

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AI Action Summit calls for human-centric approach; sets priorities for "ethical, accessible, sustainable" Artificial Intelligence ...

“The sweeping scope and impact of these executive orders is deeply alarming,” said Tirana Hassan, executive director at Human Rights Watch. “They threaten the rights of people across the ...