The rise of populist leaders in the United States and Europe poses a dangerous threat to basic rights protections while encouraging abuse by autocrats around the world.

Thousands of children in conflict-affected countries have been detained without charge for months or even years as national security threats.

Countries around the world should ban the practice of conducting forced anal examinations on men and transgender women accused of consensual same-sex conduct.

Highlights from the former Chadian dictator Hissène Habré's trial that is taking place in Senegal.

World Report 2016 summarizes key human rights issues in more than 90 countries and territories worldwide.

"If the Dead Could Speak" reveals some of the human stories behind the more than 28,000 photos of deaths in government custody that were smuggled out of Syria and first came to public attention in January 2014.

Obama administration claims that legal obstacles prevent criminal investigations into torture by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) are unpersuasive, and risk leaving a legacy of torture as a policy option.

Gambia’s government commits serious human rights violations against perceived critics and political opponents, perpetuating a climate of fear and repression.

Human rights activists, journalists, and others imprisoned by the Uzbek government on politically motivated charges suffer torture and abysmal prison conditions. The prisoners’ sentences are often extended arbitrarily for years. Uzbekistan has one of the world’s worst human rights records and has unlawfully imprisoned thousands of people for the peaceful exercise of their freedom of expression.