The Uzbek government should immediately release a human rights defender convicted on fabricated religious extremism charges.

On the second anniversary of the March 2008 protests in Tibetan areas, the Chinese government should release those detained without charge.

Three leading civil liberties, human rights, and juvenile justice organizations today issued a letter urging Attorney General Eric Holder and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates to end military commission proceedings against Omar Khadr, the Canadian national apprehended in Afghanistan in 2002 when he was 15-years-old.

Whoever ends up the winner in Iraq's hotly contested parliamentary election, the key priorities for the newly elected government should be the same: prevent another catastrophic civil war and ensure respect for the rights of all Iraqis.

The US government should train members of Indonesia's elite special forces only if Indonesia takes sufficient steps toward accountability and reform to deter future abuses.

The 25-day detention by Hamas authorities of the journalist Paul Martin seriously violated his due process rights.

Catherine Ashton, the EU foreign relations chief, should raise human rights concerns with Syrian officials during her visit next week and seek specific commitments to improve their record, Human Rights Watch said today.

The Azerbaijani government should release two bloggers who have been detained since July 2009 as the result of a staged fight designed to frame them. The bloggers, Emin Milli and Adnan Hajizade, lost their appeal against their conviction today.