The Latest Breaking News from Human Rights

Despite the fact that people with disabilities are entitled to equality under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the provincial Human Rights Codes, they continue to face systemic barriers in accessing employment, education, transportation and housing.

Hundreds of Ethiopian migrants have been killed by Saudi border guards in what may constitute a crime against humanity, a leading human rights group has claimed.

Between March 2022 and June 2023, Saudi border guards killed hundreds of Ethiopian migrants attempting to cross the border from Yemen into the oil-rich kingdom, according to a new Human Rights Watch report released on Monday. The report comes as Saudi Arabia implements an anti-migrant policy at home and a…

Report by Human Rights Watch details alleged attacks using explosive weapons and small arms on Saudi Arabia-Yemen border

Police in Islamabad say both were ‘wanted for investigation’, following overnight arrest.

Reports of growing repression cast doubt on credibility of polls in country struggling with corruption, inflation and poverty

Activists fear the billionaire’s legacy will be lost as his Open Society Foundations curbs its activities across the EU

Lawyers have said Pakistan’s government is ‘unlikely’ to block a UK extradition request in connection to Sara Sharif’s death.

U.N. human rights officials are denouncing what they called the “extreme brutality” of gangs in Haiti as thousands flee several neighborhoods in the country’s capital this week amid a surge in violence