The Latest Breaking News from Human Rights Watch

Tensions rise as Iran warns Israel, launches attacks, and faces global scrutiny. Humanitarian crisis in Gaza and West Bank worsens.

French President Macron said Monday's Paris conference raised more than €2 billion in aid to help Sudan and its neighbouring countries. The international pledges come exactly a year after the start of the conflict between the Sudanese army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) which has forced millions to flee…

Rights watchdogs including Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International on Thursday said they were seeking UN help to end racial profiling by the French police.

Western governments could once be confident of protecting their friends. Nicaragua’s case shows those days are gone, says Steve Crawshaw, former UK director at Human Rights Watch

Ras el–Hekma is part of a $60bn package to help the economy withstand the impact of conflict in Gaza, but critics fear the money will entrench a corrupt, oppressive regime

How Trump’s petty vindictiveness makes the media worse

Human Rights Watch urges UN to launch a probe into the ‘summary killings’ carried out by government forces in January.

Human Rights Watch says 54 children among dead in ‘unlawful’ attack on residential building on October 31.

Human Rights Watch has urged the two countries to ensure the safety of people crossing the dangerous migration route.

Human Rights Watch on Wednesday accused Colombia and Panama of failing to do enough to protect hundreds of thousands of US-bound migrants crossing the dense, lawless jungle between the two countries.

Human Rights Watch criticizes Colombia and Panama for failing to protect migrants in the Darien jungle, highlighting the increasing vulnerability to crimes...