The European Union is deeply concerned about the continuing deterioration of the human rights situation in Russia, especially in the context of Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine. The EU ...

Nov. 28 (UPI) --Russia has designated Human Rights Watch as an "undesirable foreign organization," the nation's Ministry of Justice announced Friday. This decision means the organization, which was ...

Russian authorities on Friday outlawed Human Rights Watch as an “undesirable organization,” a label that under a 2015 law makes involvement with such organizations a criminal offense. The designation ...

Freeing Detained Ukrainians Can Smooth the Way for More Difficult Talks But the many thousands of Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) and captured civilians held in the occupied territories and in ...

Russia's Supreme Court has labeled the human rights organization Memorial as "extremist." Experts say this represents a new level of repression in Russia.Russia's Supreme Court announced on Telegram ...

(Brussels, February 4, 2026) – In the fourth year of its full-scale war against Ukraine, the Kremlin further escalated the crackdown on Russian civil society, targeting critics both inside the country ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Russia’s Justice Ministry designated Human Rights Watch an ‘undesirable organization’ Friday, effectively banning ...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Europe’s top human rights court delivered damning judgments Wednesday against Russia in four cases brought by Kyiv and the Netherlands accusing Moscow of atrocities in ...