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The European Court of Human Rights on Wednesday ruled that France had failed to properly examine the repatriation requests of two families of jihadists in Syria – and must do so as soon as possible.

PRAYAGRAJ: Taking a serious note of lodging of a large number of alleged false cases against a Dalit person at the instance of policemen, the Allahabad high court has ordered a CBI probe into some criminal cases registered at Mathura and Firozabad districts. The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) and…

Letter from Goldman prize winners aims to block country’s bid to join UN’s human rights council over its jailing of campaigners

Goldman laureates raise concerns over Vietnam’s record on suppressing environmental protest

Surgery on intersex infants attempts to shape them to society’s expectations. It is society, not the child, that needs changing.

China attacked a report issued by the U.N. rights office (OHCHR) on alleged abuses in Xinjiang on Tuesday and read out a statement backed by around 20 other countries criticising the U.N. body for releasing it and saying it had no right to do so.

The European Union on Tuesday condemned the death sentences imposed by Iran on two women, Elham Chubdar and Zahra Sedighi Hamedani, who advocates and human rights groups say are LGBT activists and innocent of any crime.

Perhat Tursun's novel explores human rights abuses against China's Uyghur minority through one man's search for a home. The author himself has been imprisoned and a co-translator has disappeared.

The Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar says scale and scope of military’s abuses have expanded.