In an uneven year for democracy and rights globally, the Asia-Pacific region saw some encouraging signs, Human Rights Watch says in its World Report 2025, released today. The organization cited ...

The interim government in Bangladesh should ensure that security forces act with neutrality and respect the rule of law to ...

The Philippines in 2012 enacted a law on terrorism financing, the Terrorism Financing and Prevention and Suppression Act.

The suspension of US funding for the causes will deal a very heavy blow to global civil society. Read more at ...

DHAKA: Human Rights Watch (HRW), an international human rights body, has called on the interim government of Bangladesh to ...

Kazakhstan should promptly express its support for and implement the recommendations made by member states at the UN Human ...

The Pakistan government’s recent amendment to the country’s cybercrimes act seriously threatens internet freedom and free ...

The United Nations human rights office on Wednesday estimated that up to 1,400 people may have been killed in Bangladesh over ...

US President Donald Trump and India's Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi discussed issues ranging from weapons sales to trade when they met in Washington on Thursday (Feb 13) but in public ...

The groups are key to documenting a yearslong crackdown by President Xi Jinping on minorities, rights defenders and lawyers.