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Analysis by Human Rights Watch finds the country’s major platforms ‘do not routinely address’ pervasive online racism

The US has sent the weapons to Ukraine – even as human rights groups oppose their use

Fourteen rights groups, including Human Rights Watch, previously said in a joint statement the law is ‘draconian’.

The Jordanian state news agency reports that the King of Jordan has approved a bill to punish online speech deemed harmful to national unity

Supporters of Niger's deposed President Mohamed Bazoum have pleaded with the United States and others for weeks to restore the democratically elected leader to power

Human rights groups may be raising the alarm over El Salvador’s brutal crackdown on gang violence, but the policy is winning huge support for the country’s young president both at home and abroad.

Zimbabwe’s main opposition leader has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of violating the law and tearing apart independent institutions to cling to power

In a conflict like the war in Ukraine, many journalists risk their lives to report the truth and reveal war crimes committed by both sides. But when journalists themselves are targeted, these war crimes almost always go unpunished. Research from Human Rights Watch has found that a de facto impunity…

The government says law will punish online attackers, but critics fear it will expand state control over social media.