In Vietnam, more than 160 political prisoners are currently locked up simply for exercising their basic rights. Rights bloggers and activists face police harassment, intimidation, surveillance, and interrogation on a daily basis. Activists face long stints of pre-trial detention, without access to lawyers or family in a one-party police state that tolerates no dissent.

Philippine authorities disregarded the rights of residents who were removed from a small island in Pampanga province for a flood control project and relocated to a site with chronic flooding and few livelihood opportunities, Human Rights Watch said today.

As Global Program Director at Human Rights Watch, Lama Fakih knew attacks would likely reach Beirut as tensions escalated in the US/Israeli war with Iran. But she never thought the attacks would hit close to home. About 50 years ago Lama’s grandparents got an apartment in a building in the southern suburbs of that city. Her

The gig economy has exploded across the globe. Whether organizing food deliveries or providing domestic labor, the companies behind these apps are making billions by using algorithms to assign tasks, set pay, evaluate performance, and even fire workers. For the companies that built these systems, the model promises high

Fereshta Abbasi explains why the European Commission inviting Taliban for a meeting on migration talks sends the wrong message at the wrong time.

Stigma, Insecurity, Lack of Accommodations Undermine Rights

Arbitrary Detention, Killings, and Forced Recruitment by the M23 and Rwanda Defence Forces

In late 2024, the international football association (FIFA) announced that Saudi Arabia would host the 2034 World Cup. This means the world’s largest sporting event will be taking place in a country where the government imprisons scores of activists and dissidents for peaceful criticism, denies women fundamental civil and

Since March 18, Iranian authorities have executed at least 28 people on politically motivated charges. UN member states should urgently pressure Iran to put an end to these executions.

European Union-produced surveillance technology has been used in dozens of countries worldwide as well as by countries in Europe. Many of these governments unlawfully or arbitrarily surveil activists or journalists, violating their rights to privacy, undermining free expression and association, and threatening their personal security and lives. The European Union hosts many of the surveillance companies working worldwide: The majority of EU member state have at least one surveillance technology company operating inside its borders. In a 2024 report by Google’s Threat Analysis Group on the commercial surveillance industry, all but two companies mentioned are based in the European Union.