In Vietnam, more than 160 political prisoners are currently locked up simply for exercising their basic rights. Rights bloggers and activists face police harassment, intimidation, surveillance, and interrogation on a daily basis. Activists face long stints of pre-trial detention, without access to lawyers or family in a one-party police state that tolerates no dissent.

When the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in August 2021, one of their early actions was to ban women from the legal profession. In this conversation, HRW’s Macarena Sáez is joined by Judge Marzia Babakarkhail, Justice Mona Lynch, Judge Basira Qazizada, and Judge Bahida Rahimi to discuss this crisis.

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It's been nearly two years since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan. The country has largely disappeared from the media, but it remains one of the world’s worst humanitarian disasters. In this Space, we discuss t​​he humanitarian and economic crisis, restrictions on women's rights, and other human rights abuses in the

On Student Press Freedom Day, Amanda Klasing leads a discussion on how students in Thailand and the United States are on the frontlines of defending democracy. Co-hosted with the Student Press Law Center, and featuring HRW’s Sunai Phasuk and SPLC’s Cate Charro.

Afghanistan remains the only country where girls are banned from attending school. Just over 500 days after the Taliban imposed the ban on girls attending secondary school, Sahar Fetrat, Nayera Kohistani, and Birgit Schwarz discuss what it means for the future of Afghanistan.

Indonesian President Joko Widodo has acknowledged violations in the country’s past, but stopped short of admitting the government’s specific role in the atrocities. How can the country heal from its turbulent past? Birgit Schwarz leads this conversation with Muhamad Isnur, Andy Yentriyani, and Andreas Harsono.

People across China are taking extraordinary risks to demand their human rights. Yaqiu Wang and Mei Fong discuss China’s stunning spate of "A4 Protests" and the human rights implications.

On September 30, an attack on an educational center in Kabul, Afghanistan, left more than 100 students dead or injured. Most of them were girls. Join HRW’s Fereshta Abbasi and Sahar Fetrat in conversation with Birgit Schwarz.

HRW’s Fereshta Abbasi and John Sifton discuss the ISIS group targeting religious minorities in Afghanistan.