Canada has ignored its human rights obligations to citizens who are being held in camps in north-east Syria over links to Daesh, and must facilitate their return, a new report by...

Human Rights Watch has said that French arms sales to Egypt are “shocking” and “appalling” considering the North African country’s human rights record. The statement follows the French government’s...

Human Rights Watch has said that the 2014 Rabaa Al-Adawiya Square massacre of civilian protesters by the Egyptian army remains the worst mass killing in Egypt’s modern history, New...

There has been an outbreak of the coronavirus in at least three UAE detention centres, Human Rights Watch warned in a report published yesterday, as it called on authorities...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday called for Saudi Arabia to immediately release a Yemeni blogger who was arrested on 8 April after posting a video on social media....

Lebanon’s unsustainable waste management system is damaging the health of residents, a report released yesterday by the Waste Management Coalition (WMC) and Human Rights Watch (HRW) says. The publication comes six weeks after...

International donors raised $1.35 billion in humanitarian aid for Yemen on Tuesday but the amount fell short of the United Nations’ target of $2.4 billion needed to save the...

Human Rights Watch said in a press statement on Monday that Egyptian authorities have used the COVID-19 pandemic to automatically renew the pretrial detention of “hundreds and most likely thousands” of...

At the end of April, Lebanon’s Tripoli witnessed some of the most violent clashes between security forces and protesters since anti-government demonstrations exploded across the country in October. One...

Israel discriminates against its own Palestinian citizens, sharply restricting their access to land for housing to accommodate natural population growth, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a statement issued...

Lebanon’s coronavirus response has overlooked and failed the country’s disabled people, a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report released yesterday warns. According to the report, Lebanese with disabilities are facing challenges to accessing...

Human Rights Watch yesterday called for an investigation to be launched into a gorge in northern Syria where Daesh used to dump the bodies of its victims. HRW said...

The Lebanese Army used excessive force against protesters during demonstrations in the northern city of Tripoli yesterday, according to a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report released today. The report...

A leading Saudi human rights figure has died after suffering a stroke earlier this month, Human Rights Watch reported. Saudi human rights activists say that imprisoned Abdullah al-Hamid, 69,...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) announced on Friday that the mass trial of 68 Jordanians and Palestinians held by Saudi Arabia raises serious concerns about due process, amid charges of...

A report from the Human Rights Watch (HRW) in Lebanon has blamed gaps in the country’s social protection system for leaving millions of residents at risk of hunger during the...

Lebanon has introduced discriminatory restrictions on Syrian refugees that do not apply to Lebanese residents  as part of its effort to combat COVID-19

Human Rights Watch (HRW) published a report today highlighting abuses by Saudi Arabia and the forces it supports in the ongoing conflict in Yemen, specifically in the eastern province...

HRW Director Kenneth Roth came under fire after details emerged of a donation made by a Saudi tycoon

Human rights advocates are not safe in Egypt, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said earlier this week, noting that they are regularly detained and tortured. In a statement, HRW said...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on Tunisia to repatriate nearly 200 children of suspected Daesh fighters who are currently stranded or held in crowded camps or prisons across...

Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip last November killed “at least 11 civilians”, Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported today, “in apparent violations of the laws of war”. The...

The Paris-Dakar Rally, inaugurated in 1978 and now known as The Dakar Rally, or simply The Dakar, was originally staged from Paris to Senegal in West Africa. After being...

Human rights Watch said on Monday that there will be no justice in the assassination case of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi as long as the person who ordered the...

Human Rights Watch yesterday called on the Egyptian authorities to immediately provide urgent medical assistance to female detainee Aisha Al-Shater, allow her family to visit her, and release her...

Israel has a long record of camouflaging the truth where Palestine is concerned. Integral to this, in recent years, has been the growing war against human rights groups documenting...

Social media giant Facebook is actively limiting Palestinian freedom of speech by targeting criticism of Israel on its platform, Human Rights Watch has warned in its new report today....

Iraq and its security forces have been accused of committing a series of massacres against protesters in the capital Baghdad by the UK-based Human Rights Watch. In particular, the...

Sudanese Attorney General Taj Al-Sir Ali Al-Hebr yesterday lifted the immunity from a number of officials accused of killing protesters during the revolution that started one year ago, Anadolu...

Despite many attempts to challenge the court's decision

Egyptian authorities have been carrying out arrests, house raids, interrogations, and travel bans against relatives of dissidents who live abroad, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said yesterday. HRW noted that the...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) published a report, on Sunday, in which it pointed out that the massacre the Sudanese security services committed against demonstrators in Khartoum in June amounts...