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A care facility in Kanchanaburi, Thailand made headlines in early October when photos of conditions in the facility went viral, including images allegedly depicting metal cages that confine residents to their beds.
A Saudi court has sentenced a Sri Lankan migrant worker to death over a Facebook comment that was deemed blasphemous.
Indonesian police in September began investigating Feby Indirani, the author of the short story collection Memburu Muhammad (Hunting for Muhammad), for alleged blasphemy.
Police carried out a dawn raid on the widely watched, independent news channel Halk TV on October 14, signaling its takeover by a government-appointed administrator who promptly ordered the station to end its live broadcast.
Every October, Japan celebrates Sports Day, a public holiday established to commemorate the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games and Japan's longstanding commitment to sport as a national priority.
Indian authorities are using abusive methods to crack down on thousands of peaceful protesters in New Delhi and other Indian cities.
Images from ongoing student protests in France of heavily armed riot police using tear gas, stun grenades, batons, rubber bullets, and rough restraint techniques on children have sparked national and international concern.
Formula One’s decision this week to bring a Grand Prix to Rwanda in the early 2030s could be an important moment for Africa. But agreement between Formula One and Rwanda also brings significant human rights risks.
Statement delivered at UNGA First Committee on incendiary weapons.
In Vietnam, more than 160 political prisoners are currently locked up simply for exercising their basic rights. Rights bloggers and activists face police harassment, intimidation, surveillance, and interrogation on a daily basis. Activists face long stints of pre-trial detention, without access to lawyers or family in a one-party police state that tolerates no dissent.
We are writing to urge you to raise grave concerns over the Vietnamese government’s intensifying repression during the upcoming visit to Brussels of To Lam, Vietnam’s President and Communist Party General Secretary. Specifically, we urge you to emphasize how ongoing human rights violations, including labor rights abuses, breach not only Vietnam’s international obligations, but also those undertaken in bilateral deals with the EU, and to lay out consequences for persistent non-compliance.
We are writing in advance of the official visit of To Lam, President of Vietnam and Communist Party General Secretary, to Belgium on October 21-24, 2026. We urge you to use this opportunity to raise grave concerns about the Vietnamese government’s human rights record, both in your public statements and in private meetings with him.
