Popular uprisings sweeping the Arab world exposed biases by Western governments that supported Arab autocratic rulers for the sake of "stability" while turning a blind eye to their repressive policies, Human Rights Watch said Sunday.Continue Reading

Morocco’s new government should overhaul repressive domestic laws, curb police violence, and enhance judicial independence if it is to realize the human rights promises contained in the country’s new c…Continue Reading

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The European Union and member governments proved unwilling to tackle human rights abuse at home during 2011, even as they proclaimed the issue’s importance in inspiring the Arab Spring…Continue Reading

Governments around the world should reform laws that limit the capacity of people with disabilities to vote, to make independent decisions, or to live in the community, Human Rights Watch said today in an essay in…Continue Reading

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Turkey’s international credibility as a rising regional power will be compromised as long as it imprisons journalists, Kurdish political activists, and other government critics. …Continue Reading

Bahrain’s government should address serious and systematic abuses that officials and members of its security forces committed during a widespread crackdown on anti-government protests, according to the Human…Continue Reading

Libya’s interim government and its international supporters should make it an urgent priority to build a functioning justice system and begin legal reform that protects human rights after Muammar Gaddafi, ac…Continue Reading

Iranian authorities in 2011 carried out more than 600 executions and imprisoned more journalists and bloggers than any other country, according to the Human Rights Watch World Report 2012 Iran chapter.  …Continue Reading

An international human rights group says Iraq's Shiite-led government has cracked down harshly on dissent during the past year of Arab Spring uprisings, turning the country into a "budding police state" as autocratic regimes crumbled else…Continue Reading