Human Rights Watch

January 28, 2025

Tajikistan’s Media Under Siege: Journalists Targeted with Secret Charges and Harsh Sentences

January 28, 2025 – Tajikistan –  Tajikistan is intensifying its crackdown on independent media, with recent developments marking a dramatic escalation under President Emomali Rahmon’s authoritarian […]
December 10, 2024

Azerbaijan’s Post-COP29 Repression Targets Independent Media

December 10, 2024 – Azerbaijan – Following its high-profile hosting of the COP29 climate summit, Azerbaijan has launched a sweeping crackdown on independent journalism, drawing widespread […]
November 28, 2024

Kazakhstan Must Ensure Fair Appeal for Journalist Daniyar Adilbekov

November 28, 2024 – Kazakhstan – Investigative journalist Daniyar Adilbekov was handed a harsh 4½‑year prison sentence on October 18, 2024, by the Astana interdistrict court, convicted under […]
November 25, 2024

Israel’s Killing of Lebanese Journalists with U.S. Bombs May Be a War Crime

November 25, 2024 – Lebanon/USA – Human Rights Watch (HRW) has concluded that the Israeli airstrike on October 25, 2024, which killed three journalists in southern […]