The Latest Breaking News from Human Rights

With virtually all the Kremlin's opponents already jailed or in exile, and liberal press outlets and human rights groups forced to shut down, it might have appeared that years of repression in Russia had achieved their objective.

Move would defy advice from UN, human rights, children’s advocates and Indigenous organisations who say age should be raised to 14

U.S. President Joe Biden praised Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Thursday for his country's treatment of refugees from Venezuela and for his commitment to democracy and human rights.

‘These bills directly threaten transgender Floridians’ fundamental human rights and safety,’ an ACLU official says

ANY plans by the UK Government to ignore orders from the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) which would stop the illegal removal of migrants from…

Foreign secretary says UK should not want to club with Belarus and Russia in rejecting European human rights convention

A new bipartisan caucus in Congress is condemning the Iranian government over the recent poisoning of school girls in the country, amplifying the growing criticism in Washington against the Islamic Republic and its disregard for human rights

France's pioneering 2017 law that made French-based multinational companies responsible for human rights and environmental violations wherever they do business. Also, a Franco-Vietnamese theatre director brings Vietnamese history to life on stage. And the first same-sex marriage remembered 10 years after it became legal.

The UK has a duty to lead a campaign of international pressure, says Sudan human rights researcher Mohamed Osman

Leader of the Rapid Support Forces has used global public relations firms to convince observers he is a force for good.

Pair’s lawyer says supreme court’s decision highlights ‘need for much stronger protections of civil and human rights’