The Latest Breaking News from Human Rights

Rights activists say Tehran’s crackdown must be on agenda in any talks on future relations between Europe and Iran

As the humanitarian crisis in Gaza deepens, calls for the EU to take action against Israel have become all but impossible to ignore.

A group of more than 60 Microsoft shareholders has filed a proposal that will be voted on at the company's next Annual General Meeting.

Several NGOs, including the International Federation for Human Rights, have filed a legal complaint in Paris against two French-Israeli soldiers accused of carrying out summary executions of civilians in the Gaza Strip. The plaintiffs say the case could mark a turning point in judicial responses to the war in the…

The community looks forward to its reservoir becoming ‘a place of life again’, where residents can walk, swim and drink without fear.

This messy policy won’t deter desperate asylum seekers. It’s more likely to have been created to appease the likes of Nigel Farage, says Diane Taylor, who writes on human rights

UN human rights office says 615 of the deaths were in vicinity of sites run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation

Marco Rubio overseeing seismic cuts to bureaus that promote democracy and combat human rights abuses

Greece’s parliament has approved a three-month suspension of asylum claims for migrants arriving from Libya despite strong criticism from the United Nations refugee agency and Europe’s top human rights official