Topic: Human Rights Watch

A mysterious disappearance sends shudders through Timbuktu

Reporter John Thorne met Ali Ould Mohamed Ould Kalbali weeks before he disappeared, allegedly at the hands of Malian soldiers. Are ethnic reprisals underway?

Terrorism & Security Syrian rebel's video surfaces amid intensified pressure for action on Syria

Energy Voices Nigeria oil production slides amid unrest

Nigerian militant attack highlights Army's weaknesses

Terrorism & Security Attack in Nigeria underscores strength of Islamist militant group

Anti-Putin protesters march in Moscow, but momentum weakened

Latin America Monitor Obama in Mexico: Little talk of human rights (+video)

Family of blind activist Chen Guangcheng 'tormented' in China

Twitter-hacking Syrian Electronic Army: How much state support does it have?

Iraqi government takes 10 TV stations off the air for 'incitement'

How an obscure council became Egypt's decisionmaker

Terrorism & Security Will pre-election violence impact Pakistan's elections?

US considers end to tariffs in Myanmar: Too soon?

Survivors found trapped in collapsed Bangladesh factory

Backchannels Should use of chemical weapons in Syria be a 'game changer?'

China harasses family of Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo

What US did to terrorism suspects after 9/11 was torture, report finds

Turkish pianist's Twitter barbs land him conviction for insulting Islam

Egypt's Copts lash out at government's anti-Christian rhetoric

Terrorism & Security Foreign ministers struggle to find common ground on Syrian conflict (+video)

Putin and Merkel set for a prickly Russian-German summit?

Report: Uneven justice could hurt stability in Ivory Coast

When Egypt's satirists poke fun, public prosecutor hits back (+video)

Terrorism & Security Myanmar fire kills 13 Muslim students, adding to Buddhist-Muslim tensions

Opinion India won't be 'the world's largest democracy' until it upholds human rights