Labor rights activists have long used International Women’s Day, March 8, to highlight gender and racial inequities in the ...

Iranian authorities should immediately end the ongoing internet shutdown and communications restrictions, which place ...

On March 3, Belgium’s Federal Prosecutor’s Office announced the arrest of four individuals—three of whom remain in detention—as part of an investigation into alleged war crimes and crimes against ...

State restrictions on abortion, since the Supreme Court ruled in 2022 that the US constitution does not confer a right to ...

Weaker regulations from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are putting millions at risk of higher exposure to deadly air pollutants, hundreds of former EPA scientists said in a new report.

Authoritarian regimes consistently restrict women’s and girls’ rights more severely than rights-respecting democracies. But today’s rising authoritarian governments differ from 20th-century ...

Last week, a St. Petersburg court in a closed door hearing, designated a leading Russian LGBT rights group, Coming Out, as an “extremist organization.” ...

On February 16, 2026, a car chase by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ended in a deadly crash in Georgia, killing ...

Human Rights Watch will conduct research for the next three years into working conditions in the supply chains in Asia for ...

The Israeli military’s call for the immediate evacuation of the entire population of Lebanon south of the Litani river raises ...

In celebration of International Women’s Day, the Vietnam Women’s Union launched a nationwide campaign called “long-dress week” (tuan le ao dai) to “promote the beauty of Vietnam’s women.” ...

The British government labeled Palestine Action a “terrorist organization.” That’s not just overreach. It’s a signal. By ...