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Kenneth Roth, ex-head of Human Rights Watch, welcomes move but says problems and penalties remain for critics of Israel.

Kennedy School dean initially refused ex-Human Rights Watch head Kenneth Roth a fellowship over criticisms of Israel

Cristiano Ronaldo is set to make his debut in Saudi Arabia, but questions have been raised about the human rights violations committed by the regime of his new home

Ex-MEP allegedly called on friends to ask questions at meeting to lead Qatari minister ‘on a known path’

Rights group says the Armed Police Battalion is engaged in extortion, harassment and wrongful arrests of the refugees.

An elite Bangladesh police unit is engaged in the rampant extortion, harassment and wrongful arrests of the Rohingya refugees it has been tasked with protecting, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday.

Human Rights Watch has called on the ICC to ban Afghanistan from international cricket in the wake of Cricket Australia's stance on the Taliban-led country.

In 2022, Indian authorities “intensified and broadened their crackdown on activist groups and the media”, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2023, an annual review of human rights around the globe. To silence activists and independent journalists, authorities used “politically motivated criminal charges, including terrorism, to jail…

Human Rights Watch warns UK has ‘very short window’ to reverse legislation, including restrictions on the right to protest

FRANCE 24 spoke to Tirana Hassan, acting executive director of Human Rights Watch, which is publishing its annual report this week. Although the report reveals the grim picture of a world shattered by multiple crises, our guest believes the attacks carried out against democratic institutions, such as in Brazil, show…

President Tayyip Erdogan's government has cracked down more aggressively on dissent and political opponents ahead of Turkish elections with censorship and prison sentences, Human Rights Watch said on Thursday.