Nasser Al Khater says it is 'strange' that journalists want to discuss death of Filipino man; Human Rights Watch: Qatari official shows 'callous disregard'

Close to 100 professionals and community leaders allege anti-Israel bias at Saturday event featuring Human Rights Watch's Omar Shakir

Over 40 organizations call on Human Rights Council to 'establish an independent, investigative reporting and accountability mechanism' into Tehran's deadly suppression of unrest

Government response does not address allegations of intimidation of climate activists

Group calls on planners to ensure UN climate confab is accessible to all, and that observers, including groups critical of government, can register, negotiate and protest freely

Long-delayed report drawn in part from interviews with former detainees calls for urgent action; makes no mention of genocide that some countries have accused China of committing

Human Rights Watch says abuse of critics by Palestinian Authority and Hamas could amount to crimes against humanity; report also notes alleged torture of Palestinians by Israel

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

Watchdog says such treatment of POWs violates Geneva Conventions on humanitarian law during conflict