The Latest Breaking News from Human Rights

Two former coordinators of one of Indonesia’s most prominent human rights organisations have escaped conviction in a defamation case brought by a powerful government minister. While their astonishing acquittal is welcome, the case marked a bleak new low for freedom of expression in one of the world’s largest democracies.

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report that an engineering girl student died by jumping from the fifth floor of her college in Rangareddy district, Telangana on January 5. Read further on Dynamite News:

Anders Behring Breivik slayed 77 people in anti-Islamic bomb and gun rampage in 2011

Australia breached the cultural rights of the Wunna Nyiyaparli people, the United Nations Human Rights Committee says, raising questions about native title.

State Human Rights Commission directs Thiruvananthapuram Collector to investigate leopard sightings near school, submit report in 3 weeks.

Thermo Fisher, an American biotech company, has halted sales of its DNA testing products in Tibet, amid concerns that its products might have assisted the Chinese government in a surveillance campaign in the ethnic region

In the months leading to Bangladesh’s national election on Sunday, thousands of opposition supporters and politicians have been arrested

Without a refugee law, India is an uncertain home for new waves of asylum seekers. Will the 2024 election change that?

Beijing organises visits to region where it is accused of potential crimes against humanity, but not all are convinced.