By bno Chennai bureau Bangladesh under interim leader Muhammad Yunus is facing growing scrutiny. Human Rights Watch (HRW) an ...

Israel has inflicted “serious and sometimes life-threatening danger” on pregnant and postpartum women and girls in Gaza over ...

As you would expect, it makes for some grim reading. In much of the world, government repression has expanded and deepened, ...

Kazakhstan should promptly express its support for and implement the recommendations made by member states at the UN Human ...

There are a lot of folks outside Bangladesh who are rooting for this democratic transition to work and can bring some ...

Almost immediately after being sworn in as US president on Monday, Donald Trump rapidly issued one executive order after ...

Lebanon’s new government should prioritize protecting and promoting human rights, accountability, transparency, and the rule of law, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to new prime ...

A Tajikistan journalist is facing charges in what the Tajikistan government calls a “secret” case that could lead to up to17 ...

The rise of a new leader in Vietnam following a power shake-up in mid-2024 brought no reprieve from the government’s ...

Several governments across Southern Africa grew increasingly authoritarian and intolerant of dissent throughout 2024.

Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, who took office in May 2024, has maintained the city-state’s harsh death penalty ...

Civilians in East Africa and the Horn bore the brunt of armed conflicts between government forces and opposition armed groups ...