After fleeing to safety in Israel, director Anna Shishova completes 'The New Greatness Case,' portraying Russian use of cyber-entrapment against youth calling for more freedom

Sari Bashi, a longtime activist with the organization who is married to a Palestinian, to head up programming at HRW amid search for successor to departing director Kenneth Roth

Longtime Israel critic, who oversaw the organization's labeling of the Jewish state as apartheid last year, says he will step down in August

Rights group says Beirut office director hacked 5 times last year; Lama Fakih oversees crisis response in countries including Israel, Syria, Myanmar, Afghanistan, US

Blogger, his lawyer and fellow blogger Mohamed 'Oxygen' Ibrahim all sent to prison; Washington says freedom of expression should be secure without fear of criminal penalties

A slew of recent allegations concerning high-profile detainees and claims disseminated on social media have amplified anxiety about treatment of prisoners in the Islamic Republic

Human Rights Watch says social media giant unfairly removed content critical of Israel during May war with Gaza and has not fixed issue, despite restoring posts

Rami Aman, two others indicted for 'weakening revolutionary spirit' by joining 'Skype With Your Enemy' conversation; they have been held without trial since April

Activists say Navid Afkari was quickly put to death so that authorities could avoid backing down in light of increasing international opposition to his sentence