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The Russian Ministry of Justice revokes the registration of 15 foreign organizations, including Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch (HRW), and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. No reason is given, but the revocations come days after HRW reported on war crimes committed by Russia during the invasion of Ukraine.
2022-04-8

Six activists of the Free Papua Movement are sentenced by an Indonesian court to 8–9 months in prison for treason. The ruling is condemned by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch as a violation of their freedom of speech and assembly.
2020-04-24

Human Rights Watch releases a report about "serious" human rights violations committed by Carabineros, confirming the findings of Amnesty International published last week.
2019-11-26

Groups including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch urge Qatar to release Mohammed al-Ajami, the poet held since last year on charges of "inciting to overthrow the ruling system" and "insulting the emir".
2012-10-30

Human Rights Watch alleges that security forces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have been responsible for the deaths of 24 people since the re-election of Joseph Kabila as President.
2011-12-22

Human Rights Watch claims that government-controlled health services in Egypt have been 'told to downplay protest deaths'.
2011-02-8

Human Rights Watch expresses increased concerns at the continuing targeting by the Egyptian authorities of journalists, human rights defenders, and youth activists, while another Al Jazeera reporter is arrested.
2011-02-6

A curfew is extended from 16:00 until 8:00 Egyptian time according to state television.
2011-01-29

In its annual report, Amnesty International says human rights abuses and repression increased in Iran and China last year, the African Union refused to cooperate with the International Criminal Court after it indicted Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir for war crimes in Darfur, the United Nations’ Human Rights Council took little action while Sri Lanka’s army and Tamil militants both committed potential war crimes, and Israel and the militant group Hamas did not follow up on reports that accused both sides of human rights abuses during the Gaza War.
2010-05-27

Amnesty International’s Secretary-General sparks a furor by saying that “jihad in self-defense” is not “antithetical” to human rights.
2010-04-7