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Beef noodle seller Bui Tuan Lam was accused of anti-state propaganda that distorted policies of ruling Communist Party.

HANOI: A noodle seller who became famous in Vietnam for a viral video that was widely viewed as mocking a top government official has been arrested, police said, the latest in a crackdown on critics of the country’s communist rulers.

Sources are understood to be "particularly concerned" about filtration camps amid reports of torture and murder, with a report by Human Rights Watch highlighting sickening treatment of people in Donetsk

China may have committed crimes against humanity in their treatment of Uyghurs in its Xinjiang region, the UN human rights chief said, with a long awaited report published

Sadam Abdusalam never gave up the struggle to get his wife and son out of China and is telling their story in a book.

Sixteen rights groups have urged Yemen’s Houthi rebels to end their years-long siege of the country’s third-largest city

Sixteen rights groups on Monday urged the Iran-backed Houthi militias to end their siege of Yemen’s third-largest city. The groups, including Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, said in a joint statement the Houthi blockade of Taiz has severely restricted freedom of movement and impeded the flow of essential goods,…

Peiter Zatko’s allegations raise questions about big tech’s responsibility towards users in authoritarian countries.

New York (AFP) - After three decades at the helm of Human Rights Watch, Kenneth Roth has come to believe that governments are "always tempted" to violate citizens' rights.