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Human Rights Watch joins 50 other groups to call for release of Egyptian academic Salah Soltan, detained in Egypt.

Campaign group follows lead of Pentagon, FBI and CIA to insert its messages into popular film and TV culture

A Hanoi court on Wednesday sentenced a prominent Vietnamese political activist to six years in prison for conducting anti-state activities, his lawyer said, in a case that has raised international concerns over the communist country's treatment of dissidents.

At the end of March, Kansas City HRW wheat had turned more bullish long-term. Now we'll see if it can find buyers who think the same as I do.

Egyptian authorities have since 2020 carried out a campaign to silence female social media influencers, using a cybercrime law to detain them on vague charges such as violating “public morals” and “undermining family values”. Last week, TikTok celebrity Salma Elshimy became the latest in a growing list of women to…

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Brutal attacks by Zionist militias on Deir Yassin killed at least 107 Palestinians and made thousands flee other towns.

Israel's government is "on a rampage" against human rights, the new head of Human Rights Watch said on Thursday and urged the United States and other allies to do more to hold it accountable for alleged abuses and persuade it to change course.

Some jail cells, the report says, are holding as many as 15 prisoners when they were designed for just three people.