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“We Will Find You”: A Global Look at How Governments Repress Nationals Abroad | HRW
Human rights in China
Plutocrats at Work: How Big Philanthropy Undermines Democracy
Manipulating Social Media to Undermine Democracy
No Way In or Out: Authoritarian Controls on the Freedom of Movement
The Authoritarian Playbook
Strike to Win: Can Polish Feminists Turn Protest Into Power?
Breaking Down Democracy
World Report 2024
“We’ll All Be Arrested Soon”: Abusive Prosecutions under Vietnam’s “Infringing on State Interests” Law | HRW
Between 2018 and February 2025, Vietnamese courts had convicted and sentenced at least 124 people to harsh prison terms under article 331.
Strike to Win: Can Polish Feminists Turn Protest Into Power?
On, Sunday March 5, a dense line of protesters stretched across two of Warsaw's massive blocks starting from the Palace of Culture and Science,...
“We Will Find You”: A Global Look at How Governments Repress Nationals Abroad | HRW
For decades, Human Rights Watch has documented governments reaching outside their borders to silence or deter dissent by committing human...
Breaking Down Democracy
Modern authoritarianism has succeeded, where previous totalitarian systems failed, due to new strategies of repression, the exploitation of open societies,...
Human rights in China
The government continued to enforce repressive laws and policies that restricted the right to freedom of expression and other human rights.
Plutocrats at Work: How Big Philanthropy Undermines Democracy
Early twentieth-century skeptics were rightly suspicious of plutocrats deciding how to improve the human condition and then paying to translate their...
World Report 2024
It was a formidable year not only for human rights suppression and wartime atrocities but also for selective government outrage and transactional diplomacy.
Manipulating Social Media to Undermine Democracy
Online content manipulation contributed to a seventh consecutive year of overall decline in internet freedom, along with a rise in disruptions to mobile...
No Way In or Out: Authoritarian Controls on the Freedom of Movement
Our research found that mobility controls are a ubiquitous tool of global authoritarianism, and that many governments are expanding their use of these tactics.
The Authoritarian Playbook
Today's authoritarian playbook is a process that happens piecemeal and is hard to distinguish from normal political jockeying.