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August 24, 2022 Statement

Testimony to the US Commission on International Religious Freedom

Religious Freedom in Afghanistan: One Year Since the Taliban Takeover

August 24, 2022 News Release

Myanmar: No Justice, No Freedom for Rohingya 5 Years On

Anniversary of Atrocities Highlights International Inaction

Rohingya walk through rice fields after fleeing across the border from Myanmar to Bangladesh near Teknaf, September 1, 2017.
August 15, 2022 Commentary

A year after the Taliban takeover, my heart remains in Kabul

Zabiullah Mujahid, left, the spokesman for the Taliban government, speaks during a press conference
August 12, 2022 Dispatches

Yet Another Victim of Indonesia’s Blasphemy Law

Former Government Minister Faces Prison for Allegedly Insulting Buddhism

Entrance to the Borobudur Buddhist temple
July 18, 2022 Commentary

Sedition law: Why India should break from Britain’s abusive legacy

The colonial-era statute is clear violation of right to free expression.

The Parliament building in New Delhi.
July 7, 2022 News Release

Indonesia: Make Draft Criminal Code Public

Remove Provisions Harmful to Women, Religious Minorities, Free Speech

About 2,000 students from several universities in Jakarta protest outside the parliament building, calling on the Indonesian government and parliament to allow sufficient time for public debate on the draft Criminal Code, June 28, 2022.
June 28, 2022 Statement

Singapore: Drop investigations and cease harassment against human rights defenders

June 13, 2022 Statement

Statement to the Human Rights Council on Eritrea

June 13, 2022 News Release

Rwanda: Jailed Critic Denounces Torture in Prison

Commonwealth Leaders Should Call for Credible Investigations, Prisoner Releases

Aimable Karasira (left) and Dieudonné Niyonsenga (right).
May 16, 2022 Dispatches

Student in Nigeria Murdered Over Blasphemy Allegation

Ensure Justice, Abolish Blasphemy Laws

A burned-out building
May 3, 2022 Commentary

European Leaders Should Raise Human Rights Concerns with Modi

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (right) welcomes Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi
March 14, 2022 Commentary

When the Religious Affairs Minister is Accused of Insulting Islam

A mosque with its loudspeakers in Lebak Regency, Banten Province, Java Island, Indonesia on March 12, 2022. © 2022 Andreas Harsono / Human Rights Watch
January 28, 2022 Statement

Human Rights Watch Submission to the UN Human Rights Committee in Advance of its Review of Egypt

UN Headquarters
January 13, 2022 News Release

India: Dangerous Backsliding on Rights

Activists, Critics Targeted; Growing Attacks on Muslims, Groups at Risk

Women farmers attend a gathering to mark the first anniversary of their protests against controversial farm reforms at Haryana's Bahadurgarh, on the outskirts of New Delhi, India, November 26, 2021.
January 13, 2022 News Release

Sri Lanka: Minorities, Activists Targeted

Actions Contradict Pledges of Legal Reform

Sri Lankan police enforce all-island travel restrictions amid Covid 19 pandemic in Sri Lanka, May 14, 2021.

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