Rights Reporting

OSCE Mission Pulls Staff from Eastern Ukraine

Some member states have recalled their observers amid growing concerns over a large-scale Russian incursion.

IWPR Condemns Arrest of Prominent Vietnamese Journalist

Pham Doan Trang detained hours after the annual US-Vietnam Human Rights Dialogue.

Why Did Cuba Jail This Journalist?

Rights defenders say that unusually harsh punishment reflects wider troubles for Havana regime.

On the Ground With the Kazak Protestors

Human rights observer warns that the authorities ignore the demonstrators at their peril.

"They Won't Break Me," Says Jailed Azerbaijani Journalist

As Khadija Ismayil is given a seven-and-a-half year jail term, she tells judges that witnesses were pressured and testimony based on coercion and forgery.

"No Surprise" at Jail Terms for Leading Rights Defenders in Azerbaijan

With a vengeful government state behind them, prosecutors were always going to get rights activists Leyla and Arif Yunus put behind bars.

High-Profile Trials in Azerbaijan

Courts concern themselves with charges of financial wrongdoing, and ignore the blindingly obvious offence of criticising the government.

Prestigious Award for Syrian Activist Hanadi Zahlout

"A powerful symbol of both what is possible and what is necessary for Syria’s future."

Huge Increase in NBCA Demand

Reputation for accuracy and independence behind big rise in subscription to Central Asian news analysis agency.

Syndication Deal Boosts Iraq Reports