Tag: Human Rights Watch

  Russia has enacted two laws to criminalise war reporting and protesting against the war in Ukraine with sentences of…

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has accused Poland of hypocrisy over the 32 Afghans trapped for over three weeks at the…

The Russian LGBT Network claims four Chechen-speakers abducted Daghestan native Ibragim Selimkhanov in Moscow in May and took him for…

Kyrgyzstan’s authorities have been accused of arresting approximately 70 activists – mostly women – last week, according to Human Rights…

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has made a submission to the United Nations Human Rights Committee ahead of its national review…

Hungary’s strongman prime minister, Viktor Orban, has announced a “national consultation” of households during March to collect public opinion in…

Human Rights Watch (HRW) says the police in southern Russia have raided the homes and office of activists who helped…

Bosnia-Herzegovina must reform its constitution to avoid discrimination against minorities in compliance with a 2009 ruling by the European Court…

Uzbekistan has been called on to carry out the United Nations Committee Against Torture’s recommendations to end the “widespread, routine…

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has criticised Russia for opening a criminal probe into the alleged sexual assault of children who…

Uzbekistan’s president, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, has ordered the closure of the Jaslyk prison, which has long been associated with torture and…

Uzbekistan has been called to release a retired envoy charged with treason who has been detained since December, Human Rights…

Despite a promise of reform, forced labour in Uzbekistan’s cotton fields remains widespread, according to the Uzbek-German Forum for Human…

Russia is preparing legislation to enable the authorities to freeze bank accounts used to donate to protests that are deemed…

Most Kazakh children with disabilities are not being properly educated in an inclusive fashion, according to Human Rights Watch (HRW)….