Category: Rights & Justice

United States forces intercepted and destroyed eight Ecuadorian fishing vessels between August 28 and September 16, 2026, detaining over 140 of 160 crew members and abusing some.

US immigration authorities have detained at least eight Nicaraguan exiles whom the Ortega-Murillo government has stripped of their nationality, including some with pending asylum claims.

North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Son-gyong, in his September 28 address to the United Nations General Assembly, asserted that the country’s status as a permanent nuclear state is “uncompromisingly and permanently fixed, both physically and legally.” This was an unmistakable reference to a March constitutional amendment that codified the centrality of North Korea’s nuclear doctrine.

In November 2013, I went to Bangui and met Michel Djotodia, then the Central African Republic’s self-proclaimed interim president. He had taken over the country as the head of a rebel coalition called the Seleka.

The National Human Rights Commission in Mauritius earlier this year urged the government to legally recognize same-sex marriages, stating that the refusal to recognize such unions is discriminatory and lacks justification under domestic law.

Nebraska’s efforts to implement new, federally mandated work requirements for Medicaid underscore fears that millions of people will experience avoidable barriers to healthcare coverage.

An unusual trial will begin next week in London’s High Court, brought by the families of two 23-year-old Tanzanian men who were fatally shot in 2019 at a Canadian-owned gold mine in northern Tanzania

Uzbek officials should immediately ensure the safety and well-being of an imprisoned Karakalpak blogger and lawyer, Dauletmurat Tazhimuratov, and secure his release, Human Rights Watch said today. Since his conviction and transfer to prison in 2023, prison officials and other prisoners have apparently beaten and subjected Tazhimuratov to other humiliations repeatedly and with impunity.

A South Sudanese political commentator remains in prison in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) without charge a year after his arrest.

Human Rights Watch is calling on Bhutan to free 28 political prisoners it says are being held in poor conditions. The group says the detentions conflict with the country’s international image.

Human Rights Watch says South African authorities must do more to protect women amid a severe gender-based violence crisis. The group argues that warnings alone are not an adequate response.

Niger’s military junta has stripped five more exiled opposition figures of their nationality, Human Rights Watch says. The move raises concerns about due process and possible statelessness.

Human Rights Watch reports that women political prisoners in Myanmar are being tortured, sexually abused and denied medical care. The findings highlight continuing abuses under the junta.

Human Rights Watch says new laws in Bangladesh are weakening human-rights protections and reversing earlier reforms. The group warns the changes could empower abusive security forces.