May 4, marks one year since Russian theater director Yevgenia Berkovich and playwright Svetlana Petriychuk were arrested.

Since emerging in Afghanistan in 2015, the armed group Islamic State of Khorasan Province (ISKP) has carried out a bloody ...

Russian forces appear to have executed at least 15 Ukrainian soldiers as they attempted to surrender, and possibly six more ...

(New York) – Human Rights Watch will present a podcast twice a month starting May 6, 2024, that will explore human rights ...

Earlier this week, the Special Criminal Court (SCC) of the Central African Republic issued an arrest warrant for former ...

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Historic,” said the activist Haris Azhar, describing Indonesia's Constitutional Court ruling in March to revoke three false ...

When Nepal’s Finance Minister Barshaman Pun presents the budget on May 28, he has an opportunity to extend the country’s ...

Governments concerned about autonomous weapons systems – so-called killer robots – should urgently act to start negotiations ...

Thailand’s Senate election slated for June will not undo the legacy of military rule but will obstruct the restoration of ...

(Berlin, May 3, 2024) – Tajik authorities should immediately confirm the detention and whereabouts of and release the ...