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The UN human rights commissioner began a six-day trip to China on Monday. She will visit the remote Xinjiang region, stirring fears about the propaganda value of the visit to the Chinese Communist Party.

The Human Rights Watch has uncovered a string of accusations of shocking war crimes said to have been carried out by Russian soldiers on Ukrainian civilians as the invasion began

Report published on same day as Russian soldier faces war crimes charges in Kyiv court

A new Human Rights Watch report documents claims of torture, summary execution and other abuses of civilians by Russian forces in north-eastern Ukraine.

This year marks 74 years of Al-Nakba, or the Palestinian experience of dispossession and loss of their homeland.

DURING my recent time in Ukraine one date seemed to occupy the minds of many people I spoke with while in the country. That date was May 9, which…

Human Rights Watch says there is “compelling evidence” that Russian paramilitary troops are committing serious rights abuses and killing civilians in the Central African Republic.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) announced that at least 130 people, mostly civilians, have been killed by landmines and abandoned or unexploded ordnance in Libya since the armed group called the Libyan Arab Armed Forces (LAAF) withdrew from Tripoli’s southern suburbs in June 2020. From April 2019 to June 2020, fighters…

Campaigners are calling for the release of all foreign nationals being held, as conditions deteriorate after the Russian invasion