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Egypt: Journalist Detained over Facebook Posts

(Beirut) – Egyptian authorities detained prominent independent journalist Ismail Iskandarani over Facebook posts, Human Rights Watch said today. They should immediately and unconditionally release Iskandarani and establish an independent co

Gaza: Have you been tricked into following their agenda?

On 29 September 2025, former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair emerged as a central figure in a new US-led peace plan for Gaza, with President Donald Trump announcing that Blair had agreed to join a newly formed “Board of Peace” to oversee a tra

El Salvador: Baseless Charges Against Rights Defenders

(Washington, DC) – Police in El Salvador arbitrarily arrested two human rights defenders who were peacefully protesting a mass eviction and have been holding them in pretrial detention since the end of May 2025, Human Rights Watch said toda

Nepal Final Count: 72 Dead, Thousands Injured in Free Speech Clashes

Nepal is finally counting up the total cost of its recent efforts to limit free speech. The death toll has now reached a staggering 72, with more than 2,100 confirmed injured, following the nationwide shutdown of 26 social media platforms w

Iran: Impunity Reigns 3 Years After Crackdown on Protests

(Beirut) – Iran’s authorities have failed to conduct effective, impartial, and independent investigations into serious human rights violations and crimes under international law during and since the 2022 Woman, Life, Freedom protests, Human

Thousands of protesters shut down streets across Melbourne today as four separate protests were held across the city

Anti-government umbrella group Australia Unites Against Government Corruption, anti-immigration group Save Australia and anti-racism groups Blak Caucus and Campaign Against Racism and Fascism were each planning demonstrations this weekend.

19 Killed as Nepal Free Speech Protests Turn Deadly

The streets of Kathmandu ran with blood yesterday after police opened fire on crowds protesting a nationwide shutdown of almost all social media platforms in Nepal. At least 19 have been confirmed dead with hundreds more injured – many of w

China’s Military Pageantry Masks Popular Discontent

As the Chinese government celebrated the 80th anniversary of China’s victory in World War II and the country’s military might this week, criticism of the Chinese Communist Party’s human rights record is building. For 50 minutes on August 29

New Zealand: Was Tropical Cyclone Dovi in 2022 a result of weather manipulation?

Tropical Cyclone Dovi was a powerful tropical cyclone that impacted the Southern Pacific in February 2022, forming on 4 February and dissipating on 13 February. Perhaps not coincidentally, at the time, the “convoy for freedom” was encamped

UK’s Online Safety Act is restricting speech globally; the UK government is censoring the world

The UK’s Online Safety Act became fully operational in July 2025. It is being used to restrict content globally. It has caused global and significant concerns about censorship of information that is of public interest. Technology companies

AfD MP fined for calling out a left-wing protestor who made a Nazi salute

An AfD Member of the Bavarian Parliament, Ramona Storm, has been fined €24,000 for posting a video of a leftist protester making a Nazi salute. She wasn’t applauding him; she was attempting to expose and denounce him. Storm was fined, whi

Cambodia: Mother Nature Activists in Prison One Year

(Bangkok, July 2, 2025) – Five Cambodian environmental activists who have completed one year of their six to eight-year prison terms on baseless charges should be immediately and unconditionally released, Human Rights Watch said today. On J