The University of Melbourne is being urged to abandon policy changes that restrict staff and students’ right to protest and ...

Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa signed a law on nongovernmental organizations that sharply curtails the rights to freedom of association and expression.

US President Donald Trump announced import tariffs – many above 40 percent, on goods from virtually every country – upending ...

The most destructive tool in Tunisia’s toolbox of repression has been arbitrary arrest and detention . It’s mostly aimed at ...

Kyrgyzstan authorities on April 14, 2025 detained a human rights defender claiming she has ties to a criminal case, Human ...

Last week, the authorities in Tanzania arrested opposition presidential candidate Tundu Lissu on fabricated charges, then ...

Mozambican authorities have failed to conduct credible investigations into the wave of political killings following the ...

Such things - trivialities in much of the world - can lead to arrest, detention, and torture in Tibet under Chinese rule.

The United Nations Human Rights Council’s first resolution on landmines strongly endorses the long-standing international ...

Lebanese journalists, media organizations, and civil society groups are facing the repeated use of criminal defamation ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) welcomes the opportunity to provide information to the Special Rapporteur to inform her upcoming ...

Global leaders need to respond to reports of fresh attacks by Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on the Zamzam displaced camp ...