Tirana Hassan, a lawyer and veteran human rights investigator of Pakistan origin, has been appointed the new executive director of the Human Rights Watch, as per the organisation's announcement. Hassan is known for documenting rights abuses in global crises and conflicts as chief programmes ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) slammed Prime Minister Imran Khan’s “move to dissolve the Parliament rather than face a no-confidence” and said that the action “effectively deprives Pakistani citizens of their right to choose their government”. The watchdog said that the “move has plunged ...

Human Rights Watch on Friday slammed India for using its counterterrorism operations to “silence peaceful dissenters, human rights activists, and journalists” in the country. In a statement, the rights group criticised the Indian authorities for carrying out several raids on the offices of ...

ISLAMABAD - The World Rights Body, Human Rights Watch has said that India is failing on Kashmiri human rights. South Asia Director of the Boday, Meenakshi Ganguly in a statement said that occupied Kashmir had been under a lockdown for five months. She said deplored that Police admitted at least ...

ISLAMABAD - Human Rights Watch gives a strong snub to Indian government over the controversial amendment Act 2019. Human Rights Watch has said that Indian authorities should cease using unnecessary lethal force against demonstrators protesting a law that discriminates against Muslims. In a ...

NEW DELHI - India gets a blow from Human Rights Watch over Occupied Kashmir. Human Rights Watch (HRW) South Asia Director Meenakshi Ganguly has urged the Indian government to lift the communications blackout and step back in occupied Kashmir after the Indian government scrapped the ...

Human Rights Watch has welcomed a new bill passed by the Iranian Parliament allowing women to pass citizenship to their children. The Iranian Parliament voted overwhelmingly in favor of the bill. 

LAHORE - Pakistan Hosiery Manufacturers Association (PHMA), while welcoming various government's policy initiatives and schemes at domestic level to achieve sustainable growth, modernization and value addition, urged the government to also direct the embassies and missions abroad to counter ...

International rights group Human Rights Watch has urged to impose sanctions on Afghanistan’s newly appointed acting defense minister Asadullah Khalid over alleged war crimes and human rights abuses. In a report, Asia Director at HRW Brad Adams said credible evidence of serious human rights ...

RIYADH – Saudi Arabia is trying shut down a UN-backed war crimes investigation in Yemen, Human Rights Watch said Friday, calling it a "blatant attempt to avoid scrutiny" of its conduct in the country. The group s allegations are backed by rival resolutions on Yemen proposed at the ongoing ...