Russian orphanages where children with disabilities grow up often transfer them to closed state institutions for adults when they reach 18 without their consent. Those who do move into the community often do not receive the support they need to live independently.

Older people who need to travel between the Luhansk region of eastern Ukraine and government-controlled areas face arbitrary obstacles, including risks to their health and safety.

The Federal and many state and local governments are not doing enough to prevent cervical cancer deaths, which are largely preventable.

The blocked and the bad: The internet in Uzbekistan

HRW's Steve Swerdlow and Andrew Stroehlein sum up the highs and lows of the first day of the human rights conference in Samarkand.

HRW's Steve Swerdlow and Philippe Dam are on the express train to Samarkand, where they look back at a long day of expert discussions on the decreasing use of forced labor in Uzbekistan's cotton fields.

HRW's Steve Swerdlow looks ahead to an international human rights conference in Samarkand, another indication of the more encouraging new direction the Uzbek government has been taking.

Florida fails to deliver basic HIV services to many transgender women, endangering their health and contributing to an uncontrolled HIV epidemic in the state.

The decision by Airbnb to stop listing properties in unlawful Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank is a positive step that other global tourism companies should follow, Human Rights Watch and Kerem Navot said in issuing a report today about Airbnb and Booking.com’s activities in settlements.