Bangladeshi authorities should immediately release three children of opposition leaders convicted of war crimes who were forcibly disappeared and have been illegally detained since August 2016....

We write to request that, as part of a robust effort to implement the Executive Order this fall, your administration investigate ten past drone strikes as well as other strikes where there are...

US President Barack Obama should pardon Edward Snowden, who disclosed the US National Security Agency’s mass surveillance program, a coalition of prominent organizations and individuals said today.

British prosecutors announced today that no-one will face criminal charges for involvement in the kidnap, transfer and torture of two Libyan dissidents and their families in 2004...

Chinese authorities should credibly and impartially investigate an explosion in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and ensure due process rights for suspects. On September 10, 2016, a local police...

Just as we launch a Campaign to Pardon Edward Snowden, the House Intelligence Committee issues a report arguing against clemency for Snowden, alleging overwhelming damage he supposedly caused US...

In a nation almost constantly reeling under years of repeated bombings by militants, the one on August 8 is still a shock. A massive blast in Quetta killed more than 70 people, including at least 55...

Following last week’s bombing in New York City that wounded 31 people, some politicians are calling on US authorities to take the accused bomber, Ahmad Khan Rahami, out of the federal court system...

The report, “‘We Feel We Are Cursed’: Life under ISIS in Sirte, Libya,” also finds that ISIS is inflicting severe hardship on the local population by diverting food, medicine, fuel, and cash, along...

Reminders of the moral blight that is Guantanamo are never far off.

Last week in Kabul, President Ashraf Ghani endorsed a proposal by the visiting Chinese military chief, Gen. Fang Fenghui, for Afghanistan to join China, Pakistan and Tajikistan in an “anti-terrorism”...

Prosecutions in China on state security and terrorism charges doubled in 2015, reflecting the government’s heightened campaign to smother peaceful dissent. The Supreme People's Court released the...

The below shadow report was submitted to the United Nations' Committee against Torture by Human Rights Watch and the American Civil Liberties Union on March 1, 2016. This submission assesses the...