The convictions of Kosovo’s former President Hashim Thaçi and three senior former Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) leaders for war crimes on September 16, 2026, are an important step toward accountability...

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruling on April 21, 2026, against Hungary’s 2021 anti-LGBT law is an important rejection of efforts to stigmatize lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgen...

Hungary’s incoming government should take immediate steps to restore fundamental rights, dismantle abusive laws and institutions, and strengthen democratic institutions, after years of backsliding, Hu...

Hungary’s incoming government should take immediate steps to restore fundamental rights, dismantle abusive laws and institutions, and strengthen democratic institutions, after years of backsliding, Hu...

The decision by the Budapest police to ban a demonstration to commemorate the International Day of Trans Visibility, is not about a single protest, but is the latest step in a broader campaign in…

Hungary’s government dealt a severe blow to the rule of law by issuing a decree that terminates ongoing court cases challenging a tax on municipalities, Human Rights Watch said today. The move sets a ...

The killing of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents (News, Viewpoint 16 January) offers a stark warning to the UK Government of the danger in treating c...

UK lawmakers are set to vote on January 14 on a proposed amendment to the Public Order Act 2023. If adopted, the change, which is drafted in vague and broad language, would expose people who organize ...

UK lawmakers are set to vote on January 14 on a proposed amendment to the Public Order Act 2023. If adopted, the change, which is drafted in vague and broad language, would expose people who organize ...

UK lawmakers are set to vote on January 14 on a proposed amendment to the Public Order Act 2023. If adopted, the change, which is drafted in vague and broad language, would expose people who organize ...

I know enough about the erosion of civil rights to fear what I now see in the UK. Britons should understand how this ends, says Lydia Gall of Human Rights Watch

UK authorities have severely restricted the right to protest, in contravention of their international human rights obligations, creating an environment in which peaceful dissent is increasingly treate...

Instead of supporting those who fill the gaps left by Hungary’s crumbling public services and social security system, the government is prosecuting them. On November 3, prosecutors charged Pastor Gábo...

Publicister, utgivare och politiker kräver att regeringen gör allt för att få Joakim fri.

Members of the Polish parliament should reject a bill that would allow the government to temporarily suspend the right to asylum at Poland’s border with Belarus, Human Rights Watch said today. The Eur...

Hungary deepened its repression of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people on March 18 as the parliament passed a draconian law that will outlaw Pride and similar events, thereby penaliz...

In a significant step toward affirming the rights of transgender people in Poland, the country’s Supreme Court has issued a landmark ruling that eliminates the requirement for trans people to involve ...

It’s been a deeply sobering and troubling few weeks for people who care about the future of human rights, democracy, and the rule of law in Europe.

US President Donald Trump issued an executive order on February 6 authorizing sanctions on International Criminal Court (ICC) officials and others supporting the court’s work. The ICC’s prosecutor, Ka...

HRW reported 87 people died near the border between September 2021 and October 2024. The post Human Rights Watch urges EU action against Poland’s illegal pushbacks appeared first on Euractiv.

Polish law enforcement is unlawfully, and sometimes violently, forcing people trying to enter the country back to Belarus without considering their protection needs, Human Rights Watch said today. Tho...

Jak poinformowała dziś organizacja Human Rights Watch, polskie organy porządku publicznego bezprawnie, a czasem z użyciem przemocy, zmuszają osoby próbujące przedostać się do Polski do powrotu na Biał...

Polish law enforcement is unlawfully, and sometimes violently, forcing people trying to enter the country back to Belarus without considering their protection needs, Human Rights Watch said today. Tho...

A Hungarian state administrative office ostensibly tasked to protect the country's sovereignty continues to crackdown on government critical civil society and media.

The government of Bashar al-Assad was overthrown on December 8, 2024 by a coalition of armed opposition groups, marking an end to over 50 years of Baath Party rule in Syria.