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The first hearing in the trial of a Turkish environmental activist, who faces charges stemming from a peaceful protest against new coal mining near her home, will begin on April 27.

While corresponding with a local journalist in Afghanistan around a recent report I had authored, I received a shocking request.

At his first international press conference, Hungary’s prime minister-elect Péter Magyar pledged to reverse his country’s move to leave the International Criminal Court (ICC).

Thai authorities will prosecute 44 opposition politicians for sponsoring a bill to reform Thailand’s lèse-majesté (insulting the monarchy) law, which could result in a lifetime ban from politics.

Zimbabwean authorities have harassed, abducted, and arbitrarily detained student leaders protesting a proposed constitutional amendment to extend presidential terms.

A bill before Uganda ’s Parliament that proposes sweeping controls over “foreign funding” and political activity threatens fundamental rights and could be used to shut down civil society.

A new governmental decree undermines the independence of lawyers in Vietnam and will impede efforts to hold officials accountable.

We, the undersigned organisations, are alarmed and appalled by the conviction of Ben Jamal and Chris Nineham, two respected civil society leaders.

For three years, civilians in Sudan have borne the brunt of a conflict epitomized by widespread violations of human rights and international humanitarian law, often amounting to atrocity crimes.