Censorship

(New York) – The Indian authorities should immediately release the prominent human rights activist Teesta Setalvad, drop all charges against her, and stop their relentless attacks against her, Human Rights Watch said today. The police said they are investigating Setalvad, and two former senior police officers who turned whistleblowers, for criminal

“We are determined in our peacefulness despite the repression that we are confronting.” - Mohamed Darish, resistance committee member Sudan’s tenacious street protesters and other supporters of the social movement have continued to take to the streets and find ways to express their resistance to the country’s October

A breakthrough in the investigations into the murders of two political activists in the Maldives may finally offer hope for justice.

Libs of TikTok, the Twitter account that has become one of the top targets for left-wing hatred in the past few months, has published alleged internal messages from inside the far-left tech company, showing Twitter employees discussing banning her. Libs of TikTok posted the messages to her Substack newsletter, which

(Berlin, June 13, 2022) – A prominent opposition figure in Kazakhstan faces up to 10 years in prison on charges of organizing mass riots and knowingly disseminating false information during January 2022 protests, Human Rights Watch said today. The charges were filed on June 6 against Zhanbolat Mamay, a former journalist

(New York) – Taliban security forces in northern Afghanistan’s Panjshir province have unlawfully detained and tortured residents accused of association with an opposition armed group, Human Rights Watch said today. Since mid-May 2022, fighting has escalated in the province as National Resistance Front (NRF) forces have attacked Taliban units and

Wired, a formerly non-partisan but now wildly left-wing tech outlet, had to retract a false claim it made about the newsletter platform Substack after it was called out on Twitter by Substack’s head of comms, Lulu Cheng Meservey. The leftist tech publication falsely claimed that Substack “actively recruits and

Dear Prime Minister, Our organizations, Action by Christians for the Abolition of Torture (Action des chrétiens pour l’abolition de la torture, ACAT-France), Act Together for Human Rights (Agir ensemble pour les droits humains, AEDH) and Human Rights Watch (HRW), are deeply concerned about the deterioration of the current

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(Berlin) – Tajik authorities should ensure an effective investigation into police use of force leading to civilian deaths and casualties during May 2022 protests in Tajikistan’s Gorno-Badakhshan autonomous region, Human Rights Watch said today. The authorities should also immediately end abuses against protesters in the towns of Khorog and Rushan,