The Council of Europe awarded human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh with the Vaclav Havel human rights prize. She is a ...

Environmental and Indigenous rights defenders remained among the world’s most targeted human rights advocates in 2025, despite landmark rulings by international courts affirming governments’ ...

Shi’s imprisonment was scheduled to end in January 2027. He was convicted of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble,” a broadly worded offense that the Chinese regime has frequently used against ...

A new report reveals the widespread scale of human rights abuses in Iran over the past year, as activists warn the regime may carry out another wave of mass executions to suppress growing opposition ...

Vietnam accused of abducting Norwegian and Australian human rights activists - Vietnam accuses activists of entering country ...

The human rights watchdog chief has accused trans activists of spreading misinformation about single-sex space guidelines.

Russian human rights activists fear for the life of historian Yuri Dmitriev, who was sentenced to 15 years in a labor camp.

Human Rights Watch thanks the Special Rapporteur for his report, which describes the deteriorating situation for civil ...

While many fear the potential dangers of AI, some experts across the cybersecurity and human rights communities want to wield ...