Signatories urge the government of Nepal and Parliament to refrain from developing and implementing legislation that empowers government with overreaching powers, including through overbroad and vague ...

Syrian journalist Hanin Gebran details the horrific conditions she endured in Assad's prisons, shedding light on the gendered violence and torture faced by women journalists under the regime. This ...

Recent weeks have seen journalists receive death threats, and several police raids on CSOs that work on human rights and access to information. Our organisations further note with alarm raids by ...

"RSF has identified six online videos posted in just over six months that have stolen its identity and graphic charter — and almost all of these videos are about the war in Ukraine." This statement ...

Dear Permanent Representatives of member and observer states of the UN Human Rights Council, The human rights situation in Algeria remains bleak. The Algerian authorities have maintained their ...

On 30 January, journalist Aisha Kutubaeva was physically attacked during a trial by the wife of the former Head of the Department of Culture, Bolat Mazhagulov. Mazhagulov is standing trial for ...

Civil society groups urged the interim Bangladesh government to reconsider some provisions in the proposed Cyber Protection Ordinance and the Personal Data Protection Ordinance. This statement was ...

Abdoul Sacko was found a day after his abduction, severely injured and bearing visible signs of torture, and was immediately hospitalised for treatment. This statement was originally published on mfwa ...

GCHR denounces the ruling as a tactic to imprison critics indefinitely, calling for the immediate release of those arbitrarily detained and urgent reforms to ensure fair trial standards. This ...

On the morning of Thursday, February 28, 2025, Ali Al-Hajee received an official summons from the Ministry of Interior, instructing him to report immediately to the General Directorate of Crime ...

Titled 'Political neutrality of state-supported organisations', the inquiry targets some of the most prominent organisations working in democracy, advocacy, environmental justice, animal rights, and ...

The petitioner argued that the order does not allow for any hearing or provision of reasons to be recorded in writing before blocking internet content. This statement was originally published on ...