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At least 142 Pakistanis arrested during police raids in Sri Lanka in June are being held in custody and are at risk of deportation The...

Children say they had fought in battles, acted as snipers, manned checkpoints, treated the wounded on battlefields, and brought supplies to front lines

NEW YORK Criticising the recently passed Protection of Pakistan Ordinance (PPO), the Human Rights Watch on Friday said the law threatens basic human rights. Pakistan’s...

Thousands of women are being illegally held in Iraqi prisons, where they suffer torture and other forms of abuse, including sexual assault, Human Rights...

Pakistan's new government should urgently address serious human rights abuses, the Human Rights Watch said on Friday. In a letter to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif,...

Child victims of sexual abuse in India are often mistreated and humiliated by police, says the US-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) in a new...

Pakistan’s judges should cease using their contempt of court powers to prevent the media from airing programming critical of the judiciary, the Human Rights...

A US-bed international human rights organisation on Wednesday asked the Afghan government to end its sudden surge of executions and institute a moratorium on...

The Pakistani government should take immediate steps to protect all those facing risk of attacks, including schools, teachers, students and rights activists, Human Rights...

The Pakistan government should urgently act to protect the minority Shia Muslim community in the country from sectarian attacks by militant groups, Human Rights...

The Libyan authorities should take immediate steps to assume custody of thousands of detainees still held by militias, a rights watchdog said on Saturday,...

Doing something would be the best response The resolution moved in the US House of Representatives underlining the atrocities in Balochistan and seeking the right...

Pakistan’s military on Thursday unleashed an astonishing tirade against the US-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) which accused its spies of acting like a state...

The report by the Human Rights Watch (HRW) released last month pointed towards massive human rights violations by the Indian state, Indian army deployed...

Asking the Pakistani government to take on the military and intelligence services, Human Rights Watch on Monday criticised the ISI and called for redoubling...

India’s human rights record in 2011 got a thumbs down from a global rights group which has criticised the government for its inaction in...

Human Rights Watch urged world powers to support the rights of Arab Spring protesters to build real democracies after they ousted long-time strongmen once...