The Latest Breaking News from HRW

The war between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has killed tens of thousands, uprooted more than 13 million and created what has been described as "the biggest humanitarian crisis ever recorded". As the catastrophe unfolds, NGOs say that Europe needs to step up its intervention…

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Trial of more than 40 people charged with plotting against the state, including prominent politicians, resumes Friday.

Hundreds of thousands of Afghans who have lived in Pakistan for decades face deportation from April 1.

Human Rights Watch says more than 56,000 people have been displaced since January, and accuses rebel fighters of executions, forced labour and child recruitment.

Syria’s Alawites fear they may never be safe after hundreds were killed in sectarian-motivated violence.

An estimated 800,000 Afghans have already returned or been forcibly removed since 2023, 70% of them women and children.

A leading rights group says that Pakistan's authorities have intensified pressure on Afghan refugees to go back to neighboring Afghanistan where they risk persecution by the Taliban and face dire economic conditions

Direct peace talks between the Democratic Republic of Congo and M23 rebels will begin in the Angolan capital on 18 March, Angola's presidency said in a statement on Wednesday. The Congolese presidency has for now only acknowledged receiving the message.

Tensions are again rising between President Salva Kiir and Vice President Riek Machar.

Exclusive: What appears to be a vast burial site found at former Rapid Support Forces base in Sudan, while rescued detainees speak of torture, starvation and deaths of fellow inmates