US immigration custody death rate at decade high: Rights groupsThe rate of people dying in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody has reached its highest level in over a decade amid US Presid...
Pakistan intensified crackdown on media, opposition and civil society in 2025: Human Rights Watchauthorities intensified their crackdown on media freedom, political opposition and civil society groups in 2025 by using vague and overbroa...
Israel's July strikes on Yemen's Hodeidah port a 'possible war crime', HR Watch saysIsraeli airstrikes on Yemen's Hodeidah port last month, which targeted Houthi military sites, resulted in civilian casualties and potential...
Saudi border guards killed hundreds of Ethiopian migrants, HRW saysHRW said it based its report on witness testimony as well as 350 videos and photos of wounded and killed migrants, and satellite imagery sh...
NCERT starts DIKSHA security audit after data breach reportsDiksha is a national platform for school education developed by Bengaluru-based EkStep Foundation. It is an initiative of the NCERT under t...
Educational apps indulged in practices that put children’s privacy at risk: reportThe international non-governmental organisation’s analysis of the apps found that of the 164 apps and websites, as many as 146, or 89% enga...
China is in midst of worst human rights abuses: ReportWorsening persecutions of ethnic minorities in Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia and Tibet, targeting of whistleblowers, the crackdown on Hong Kong ...
Human Rights Watch urges G20 to press Saudis to free illegally detained activistsAs current chair of the G20 major economies, Riyadh has tried to repair its image after global outrage at the 2018 murder of journalist Jam...
Probe use of lethal force in Kashmir: Rights group to IndiaHRW said Indian authorities should credibly and impartially investigate police use of lethal force during the violent protests in Jammu and...
Sri Lanka trying to water down UNHRC resolution: HRWThe amendments affected by Sri Lankan tinkering include international participation in a justice mechanism and ending impunity.
Human Rights Watch slams promotion of Sri Lanka civil war generalNew York-based Human Rights Watch condemned the promotion of general decorated for defeat of Tamil Tigers in 2009 that ended over 3-decade ...
HRW wants an end to forced institutional care for mentally illAs per the HRW report, in 24 institutions and hospitals which researchers visited in 2013, there were no adequate mechanisms to report abus...
Lack of accountability in India fosters rights violations: HRWDuring 2013, authorities also failed to enforce laws that protect vulnerable communities including Dalits, religious minorities and tribal ...
- India's human rights record in 2011 "disappointing": Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch also criticised the Indian government for its inaction in repealing the controversial armed forces act.
- India's rights record in 2011 "disappointing": HRW
India's human rights record in 2011 got a thumbs down from a HRW which has criticised the govt for its inaction in repealing the controvers...
- HRW asks India to refrain from using force in JK
A leading international human rights watchdog has appealed to all parties in the troubled state to settle peacefully the ongoing dispute.
- HRW criticises UK govt for releasing Col Karuna
A prominent human rights watchdog has criticised the British government for allowing Vinayagamoorthi Muralitharan alias Colonel Karuna Amma...