Most of the 48,000 former residents of the Libyan town of Tawergha, forcibly displaced for seven years, have not been able to return home. Despite reconciliation agreements that should have paved the way for Tawerghans’ return, the massive and deliberate destruction of the town and its infrastructure, and a pervasive feeling of insecurity, have kept all but a few families from returning.

Pakistan’s government is failing to enforce laws that could protect millions of garment workers from serious labor rights abuses.

The US government should uphold refugee protections for survivors of domestic violence.

The story of Hakeem al-Araibi, Refugee Football player at risk of return to torture—and how regimes punish those who speak out.

European Union policies contribute to a cycle of extreme abuse against migrants in Libya. The EU and Italy’s support for the Libyan Coast Guard contributes significantly to the interception of migrants and asylum seekers and their subsequent detention in arbitrary, abusive detention in Libya.

World Report 2019 summarizes key human rights issues in more than 100 countries and territories worldwide, drawing on events from late 2017 through November 2018. In his keynote essay, Executive Director Kenneth Roth says that the big news of the past year is not the continuation of authoritarian trends but the growing opposition to them.

Demonizing immigrants as criminals is not only inaccurate, but dangerous. Undocumented residents play an important role in keeping communities safe. Just ask residents of Gypsum Colorado.

Venezuelan intelligence and security forces have detained and tortured military personnel suspected of plotting against the government.

Greek law enforcement officers at the land border with Turkey in the northeastern Evros region routinely summarily return asylum seekers and migrants.

Kenyan police and the military are harassing and intimidating environmental rights activists in Lamu county, coast region.