Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Human Rights

Tehran accelerates executions of political prisoners since start of Iran war

Iran executed 14 prisoners on political charges in three weeks since the war began on 28 February, including protesters and alleged opposition members amid a continued internet shutdown.

Euronews

Australian Human Rights Commission investigates racial discrimination complaint against NSW government

Investigation comes after South Asian Muslim and caste-oppressed Hindu community representatives lodged formal complaint

The Guardian - AU

Elon Musk Endorses Bukele on Victims Rights Over Killers in Viral X Post as El Salvador Crime Plummets

Elon Musk threw his weight behind El Salvador President Nayib Bukele on Sunday, replying "Exactly" to a viral video clip in which Bukele questioned why some activists seem more concerned with the human rights of killers than with the rights of women who don't want to be raped or children…

International Business Times

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

‘They’re making them disappear again’: families fear Mexico’s missing are being erased

Government accused of removing loved ones from record after report says tens of thousands lack information to be found

The Guardian - UK

More than 1,800 killed by army and jihadists in Burkina Faso since 2023, NGO reports

Burkina Faso's army, its civilian auxiliaries and jihadist groups have killed more than 1,800 civilians since 2023 in acts that constitute "war crimes and crimes against humanity", Human Rights Watch said in a report published on Thursday.

Radio France Internationale

Iran-US War: Amnesty Accuses IRGC of Recruiting 12-Year-Olds as Personnel Shortage Bites

Amnesty International reports that Iran's IRGC is recruiting children as young as 12 amidst escalating tensions with the US, raising serious human rights concerns.

International Business Times UK

Award-winning Iranian human rights lawyer detained in Tehran, say family

IN FULL

The Independent UK

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Leading Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh detained in Tehran

Sotoudeh, 64, is renowned for defending activists, opposition politicians, and women prosecuted for removing their headscarves

The Independent UK

Two Iranian dissidents facing imminent execution after ‘grossly unfair’ trial, human rights group warn

Amnesty said the men were convicted in a ‘grossly unfair torture-tainted’ trial

The Independent UK

Award-winning Iranian human rights lawyer arrested in Tehran, says her daughter

Activists accuse Iran’s regime of crackdown on civil society as whereabouts of Nasrin Sotoudeh are unknown

The Guardian - UK

'When you were in caves ...': Iran taunts US over stone age threat; Hegseth's tweet gets 'war crime' context

Iran has sharply retorted to US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's "stone age" threats, highlighting Iran's ancient civilization and resilience. The Iranian embassy in South Africa countered that while Americans were "still in caves," Iran was inscribing human rights.

The Times of India

AOC vows to block future US military aid to Israel, including for defensive systems

Ocasio-Cortez says Israel can fund its own defense and she will oppose any new US aid amid human rights concerns

The Guardian - US

‘Everyone is thinking about oil prices’: is Iran using the war to hide a surge in executions?

Regime has long used the death penalty to suppress dissent but now appears to be withholding information on the killing of hundreds of prisoners, say rights groups

The Guardian - UK

Argentines Mark 50-Year Anniversary of Military Coup With Mass Protests for Justice

Hundreds of thousands had marched through Buenos Aires demanding the same thing their parents and grandparents had: memory, truth, and justice

Latin Times

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Conversation

EU ‘return hubs’: what are they, and how will they change the rights of migrants and asylum seekers?

The EU is in the process of creating a new system that will make it easier to return irregularly present migrants to their country of origin. The legislation, known as the Returns Regulation, includes measures that make it possible to detain more people – including children and families – for…

The Guardian - UK

My year in solitary confinement has not broken me. My peaceful fight for Baloch rights in Pakistan goes on

No home in Balochistan is safe and enforced disappearances are widespread. Detaining me and other rights activists only confirms the justice of our cause

Bangkok Post

Myanmar junta leader’s family buys B100m Bangkok home

The family of Myanmar junta leader Min Aung Hlaing purchased a luxury home worth nearly 100 million baht in Bangkok, bypassing Thai laws prohibiting foreigners from owning land or houses in the country, according to a human rights group.

Latin Times

Iranian Forces Are Recruiting Children as Young as 12 as 'Volunteers' in Security Roles: Report

Rumors about the IRGC recruiting children and young adults were confirmed by a BBC World investigation and by an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) official, who said the organization enrolls "volunteers" aged 12 and older.

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK

What is Israel’s new death penalty law that ‘targets’ Palestinians?

IN FULL

The Independent UK

Iran recruiting children as young as 12 to ‘defend the homeland’ in new campaign

Rights groups have warned that recruiting children for military roles could amount to a war crime

The Independent UK

New Israeli death penalty law is ‘cruel’ and discriminates against Palestinians, say human rights groups

Activists say the law will have a disproportionate impact on West Bank Palestinians

International Business Times

Israel's Knesset Passes Controversial Death Penalty Law for Palestinians Convicted of Deadly Attacks

Israel's parliament, the Knesset, approved a contentious law on Monday night making death by hanging the default sentence for Palestinians convicted in military courts of deadly terrorist attacks, a move championed by far-right ministers that critics condemned as discriminatory and a violation of international norms.

International Business Times UK

Israel Death Penalty Law Triggers Global Outrage as Palestinians Face Execution Under New Knesset Vote

Israel approves death penalty law for Palestinians convicted of lethal attacks, drawing criticism from human rights groups and global powers

Pedestrian.tv

‘The Politicisation Of Trans Lives Must End’: The 19 Steps Needed To Protect Trans Aussies

This Trans Day of Visibility, a new Human Rights Commission report outlines 19 reforms to tackle discrimination against Australian trans.

The Conversation

New Israeli law could mean death penalty by default for Palestinians convicted of deadly attacks

Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, this week passed legislation that would vastly expand capital punishment in Israel and in the occupied Palestinian territories.

1 … 7 8 9 10

People

Alexandria OcasioCortez

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

the European Commission

1,685 stories

RFI

1,546 stories

Amnesty International

the International Court of Justice

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.