NEW YORK, Oct. 19 (UPI) -- Human Rights Watch called on the Syrian government to come forward with information regarding rights activist Haytham al-Maleh, who disappeared Wednesday.

BERLIN, Aug. 10 (UPI) -- Saudi Arabia must release or try several thousand terrorist suspects in prison under the country's counter-terrorism program since 2005, Human Rights Watch said.

LONDON, Aug. 10 (UPI) -- The judicial system established in Saudi Arabia to handle the detention of alleged terrorist suspects is little more than a facade, Human Rights Watch claims.

NEW YORK, June 26 (UPI) -- Human rights activists are warning a prosecutor investigating detainees in Iran has a record of abusiveness and dissidents could face "trumped-up charges."

TEHRAN, Oct. 29 (UPI) -- An advocate of women's rights in Iran was prevented from boarding a plane and ordered to report for questioning, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday.

AMMAN, Jordan, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Human Rights Watch on Monday urged the United States and European Union to restrict funding to Jordan until the nation changes its freedom-restricting laws.

NEW YORK, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Human Rights Watch says hundreds of college students are among nearly 6,400 Gazans trapped since June when Hamas wrested control of the region.

NEW YORK, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- A Human Rights Watch official has accused Egypt of ignoring refugee law in its treatment of asylum seekers from Sudan.

NEW YORK, Oct. 29 (UPI) -- Human Rights Watch said Israel's partial cutoff of fuel and electricity to the Gaza Strip is illegal retaliation for rocket attacks.