The Latest Breaking News from Human Rights

In his first appearance as Pope Leo XIV on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica, the man born Robert Francis Prevost spoke for 10 minutes in Italian. Then he transitioned to Spanish and, with a big grin, gave a greeting to his “beloved diocese of Chiclayo in Peru.”

Al-Haq, a Palestinian human rights organisation, is bringing legal action against the Government over the export of fighter jet parts.

Amnesty International’s 2025 annual report reviews a broad range of human rights issues, highlighting concerns in 150 countries and linking global and regional trends with an eye on the future. In Africa, the organization says the so-called “Trump effect” in the US and beyond has led to an unprecedented neglect…

The UK’s arms exports to Israel will be tested again as a Palestinian rights group challenges the government

Legislation will be brought forward to clarify the use of Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights.

The massacre by government forces and pro-government militias led to reprisal killings by Islamist fighters, according to the NGO.

High court case to test whether ministers have illegally supplied Israel parts that may be used to attack Palestinians

Human Rights Watch says at least 100 civilians in Burkina Faso were killed by government forces near the town of Solenzo in the western Boucle du Mouhoun region in an attack in March

HRW says the 'image internationally of a forward-thinking and modern administration' that Athens wishes to present to the world is at odds with the reality on the ground.

International human rights organizations have filed a lawsuit with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights asking that the commission order El Salvador’s government to release Venezuelans deported from the United States and held in a maximum-security prison

Ultra-conservative campaigners fly in for ‘family values’ conferences to share tactics with African allies who oppose abortion and LGBTQ+ rights