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GAZA: Security forces of the rival Palestinian governments routinely use torture and arbitrary arrests, among other tactics, to quash dissent by peaceful activists and...

Asia Director of the Human Rights Watch (HRW), Brad Adams, sent a letter to the recently sworn-in Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan sharing a...

ISLAMABAD: Human Rights Watch (HRW) has expressed concern over rise in militant attacks on schools, especially girls’ schools, in Pakistan. The HRW urged Pakistan, in...

Asks Pakistan to end ‘discriminatory’ laws against Pashtuns ISLAMABAD: The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged Pakistan to drop cases against representatives of Pashtun...

MOSUL: Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Sunday that Syrian officials, camp management, and three international organisations have confirmed that in early January 2018, Iraqi forces...

BANGKOK: Bangladesh’s decision on January 22 to delay the repatriation of Rohingya refugees to Burma should be followed by suspending the bilateral plan, which threatens the refugees’...

ISLAMABAD: The Human Rights Watch (HRW) said that political turmoil and instability has engulfed Pakistan after the disqualification of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif,...

  Human Rights Watch on Thursday denounced Saudi Arabia's sweeping new counterterrorism law, saying it could further enable authorities in the ultra-conservative kingdom to silence...

The group said the strikes hit two sites: a school housing displaced families in the town of Mansourah, and a market and bakery in the town of Tabqa.

Human Rights Watch on Saturday confirmed the Bangladeshi officials' allegations that security forces of Myanmar were laying landmines alongside the border to hinder and...

The Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Wednesday expressed concern over the 'excessive' use of force by Pakistani authorities against tenant farmers protesting for land...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday demanded that authorities conduct a prompt and impartial investigation into the killing of journalist and rights monitor Zaman...

Human Rights Watch on Sunday published new evidence alleging a Saudi-led coalition is using internationally banned cluster bombs in Yemen, urging it to stop...

Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday it filed a suit alleging the US Drug Enforcement Administration illegally collected records of its phone calls to...

Says Pakistani officials should not be ‘scapegoating’ Afghans because of Taliban’s atrocities in Peshawar IOM reports 33,000 undocumented Afghans ‘spontaneously returned’ from Pakistan in a...

The Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday termed Pakistan’s decision to lift a ban on capital punishment as ‘flawed and reckless response’ to the...

Erdogan won the presidential election in August after over a decade as prime minister, despite a turbulent year that saw unprecedented protests and corruption allegations against his inner circle.