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It was a mistake for the United Nations human rights chief to agree to visit China, the U.S. State Department said on Tuesday, amid concerns that government restrictions on her access could undermine scrutiny of Beijing's rights record.

Germany is changing the way it deals with China and will give higher priority for human rights issues, Economy Minister Robert Habeck said on Tuesday, following fresh media reports about human rights violations in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.

Male anchors in Afghanistan are wearing masks on air in solidarity with their female colleagues. This is the latest Taliban order to threaten the freedoms and careers of Afghan women.

Cuban dissident leader Luis Manuel Otero Alcantara is slated to stand trial in a Cuban court at the end of May, activists said on social media this week, in a case that has attracted the attention of human rights groups who allege he and others have been unfairly detained and…

The United Nations Security Council on Tuesday called on Taliban authorities in Afghanistan to "swiftly reverse" policies and practices that are restricting the human rights and freedoms of Afghan women and girls.

Letter: The government’s bill of rights proposal will weaken the public’s right to challenge abuse, says Geoffrey Bindman

Fawzia Amini advocates for rights of Afghan women and girls from London hotel room she’s been stuck in for nine months

Documents detailing shoot-to-kill policy for people who try to escape published as UN human rights chief visits region

A LEAKED cache of police files reveals “shocking” details about China’s brutal persecution of Uighur Muslims in Xinjiang province.

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said Beijing must not attempt to cover-up its actions against minorities in Xinjiang.

In its list of 100 most influential people, US-based magazine calls Parvez ‘modern-day David’ who ‘had to be silenced’.