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Chief Justice Ashish Jitendra Desai spoke at the Human Rights Day celebrations organised by the Kerala State Human Rights Commission (KSHRC). He said human rights are fundamental rights that cannot be taken away, and discussed the need to create awareness and instill an understanding of human rights from a young…

Amini's family was attempting to board a flight to France to collect the prize, but authorities told them that they aren't allowed to leave Iran. Their passports were also confiscated.

Imprisoned Nobel laureate denounces Iranian government in Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech read by her children.

Ban comes as jailed Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi begins new hunger strike before award ceremony

Exclusive: Inquiry comes after discovery of body of Peter Mutuku Mutisya, 25, in a dam on the plantation

VP Dhankhar: India's civilisational ethos, constitutional framework reflect deep commitment to human rights; need to empower minds, not pockets; no one above law, all accountable; transparency, accountable governance new norm, gamechanger for human rights.

The president of the Tibetan government-in-exile has accused China of denying the most fundamental human rights to people in Tibet and vigorously carrying out the extermination of the Tibetan identity

The U.N. says the Taliban must embrace and uphold human rights obligations in Afghanistan

Refugee Salem Doma was tortured and held for ransom in Bani Walid, Libya, another victim of human trafficking.

Iranian authorities banned members of the late Mahsa Amini’s family from traveling to receive the European Union’s top human rights prize on her behalf, a civil rights monitor reported

Seventy-five years ago on Sunday, the U.N. General Assembly approved the Universal Declaration of Human Rights at a meeting in Paris