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After assuming office, the incoming president should not stand in the way of professional prosecutors seeking to hold Donald Trump to account for various crimes, HRW urged.
Human Rights Watch has called on the UN-backed Libyan government to investigate the disappearance of hundreds of residents of the town of Tarhuna.
Turkey debates NGO law which could 'limit freedoms'
Turkey is debating a new law that critics say could limit the freedom of NGOs and other civil society organisations.
Lebanon passes landmark law criminalising sexual harassment
Lebanon's parliament on Monday passed a landmark bill criminalising sexual harassment and amended a controversial domestic violence law.
HRW accuses Egypt of 'collective punishment' of inmates
'Egyptian authorities are apparently imposing collective punishment on hundreds of inmates in Scorpion Prison,' said HRW.
Saudi Arabia holding migrants in 'appalling' conditions: HRW
Human Rights Watch's new report is the latest to detail allegations of torture and unsanitary, cramped conditions in Saudi detention centres.
Iraqi activist shot dead by masked gunmen in Baghdad
Salah al-Iraqi was well-known for his role in the rallies that erupted in Baghdad and the Shia-majority south last year, slamming the government ...
China using tech, big data to track, detain Uighurs
Human Rights Watch says the Aksu List evidences China's use of data and technology for 'coerced thought transformation'.
France charges suspect in deadly 1982 Paris attack
Walid Abdulrahman Abu Zayed was charged over a 1982 attack that was attributed to the Abu Nidal Organisation, which splintered from the militant ...
HRW condemns France for shutting down anti-Islamophobia group
The US-based rights advocacy group condemned France's shutting down of leading anti-discrimination group Collective Against Islamophobia.
'Three dead' in building collapse in Egypt
A dilapidated building collapsed in Egypt's Alexandria, killing at least three people.
Morocco upholds jail terms for Sahrawis over 2010 killings
The court has upheld life sentences for 23 Sahrawis over the killings of 11 security personnel 10 years ago.
Uighur men detained in Saudi risk deportation, torture: HRW
Human Rights Watch has called on the Saudi authorities to immediately disclose the status of Hemdullah Abduweli, a 52 year-old Muslim scholar, ...
The Rohingya crisis and Myanmar's dark road to democracy
In-depth: Excluded from voting and long denied citizenship, Rohingya Muslims face a precarious future in post-election Myanmar.
Egyptian activists arrested for contact with Western diplomats: HRW
Egyptian human rights defenders Karim Ennarah and Mohammed Basheer were arrested following a meeting with several western diplomats on human ...
G20 host Saudi under fire over human rights
Saudi Arabia, the first Arab state to host a G20 summit, has faced disapproval over its human rights record.
Taliban threatened Afghan reporter killed in car bomb: HRW
The Taliban threatened an Afghan reporter, Aliyas Dayee, 33, who was later on killed in a car bomb attack.
Seventeen bodies unearthed in Libyan mass graves
Five new mass graves were discovered this week in territory retaken from Khalifa Haftar's forces.
Lebanon falling short on women's rights: HRW
Human Rights Watch has slammed Lebanon for failing to protect women from human rights abuses and not making progress on women's rights.
Egypt frees over 400 arrested in rare, anti-government protests
Protests have been effectively banned in Egypt since 2013, following the military ouster of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi.
Trump's follows Netanyahu's example to silence Israel critics
Comment: Trump is using a highly problematic definition of anti-Semitism to silence rights groups, while right-wing anti-Semitic violence ...
Emirati bid for Interpol presidency would 'damage' reputation: NGOs
A coalition of 19 NGOs wrote to the international police body's secretary-general to express their 'deep concern' over Raisi's candidacy.
Rights groups slam Lebanon's block of new worker contract
A Lebanese judicial council decision to strike down a new work contract for foreign domestic workers has been slammed.
At least 11 refugees dead in shipwreck off Libya
At least 11 refugees died when their boat floundered off the coast of Libya.
The virtual donor conference failed to meet its funding target of $1 billion.
Human Rights Watch has called for Egypt to 'immediately halt' carrying out death sentences.
HRW has urged Pakistan to completely end the practice of virginity testing.
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