Two men died in custody in Uzbekistan in recent days, and a third man is in the hospital unresponsive after police detained him, according to rights groups and local bloggers.

Members of the Polish parliament should reject a bill that would allow the government to temporarily suspend the right to ...

Human Rights Watch announced today that the Board of Directors has named Federico Borello as interim executive director, effective immediately. Borello, the current deputy executive director and chief ...

Volker Türk said Tuesday that his office "confirmed cases of summary execution of children by M23 after they entered the city ...

Ugandan authorities should release from prison former opposition presidential candidate Kizza Besigye, whose health has ...

The UN human rights chief accused Rwanda-backed rebels who seized a second major city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo ...

Yesterday, Rwandan-backed M23 rebels announced the capture of the city of Bukavu, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Their arrival into the second largest city in eastern Congo follows the fall of ...

European Leaders Should Take Prompt Action against Warring Parties The European Parliament, in a strong resolution last week, slammed the inaction of European Union executives on the eastern ...

The widow of social intervention rapper and critic of the system, Mano Azagaia, is demanding a holistic and detailed investigation into whether an episode from the artist's life was included in 8th ...

Documentary festival CPH:DOX has unveiled the titles in its competition sections, which include 71 films. There are 56 world ...