The Latest Breaking News from Human Rights

Biden administration approves $1.3bn in military aid for Egypt, despite reports that rights abuses remain widespread.

The Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador published a document criticizing the group, saying it seeks to "boost the image of Bukele" and drive his agenda in the country

The problems of the world, including climate change, ongoing war, the COVID-19 pandemic and other emerging diseases, human rights abuses and gross inequality, are spilling well beyond national borders and the ability — or willingness — of individual countries to manage them.

Human Rights Watch report highlights challenges faced by Haitian and Venezuelan migrants in South America, urging Latin American governments to enhance pro...

Cindy and Craig Corrie say they fear Eygi’s death at West Bank protest will go unpunished like their daughter’s

Open-source online imagery can play a vital role in investigating and prosecuting alleged crimes – but only if courts can reliably assess its authenticity.

Human Rights Watch is calling on governments in Latin America to improve protection schemes for millions of people from Venezuela and Haiti who have struggled to get work, education and health care in their host countries and are increasingly heading to the United States

In 1966, Steve Biko began studying medicine at the University of Natal in South Africa, the same year that the general assembly of the United Nations declared apartheid a crime against humanity. As a young man, and a leading thinker, philosopher and activist, Biko made an indelible mark on the…

The populism championed by Meloni and her allies casts freedom and human rights not merely as dangers but as targets

Review finds research did not meet ‘minimum standards’ for assessing whether Rwanda was safe place to send people

A report by the Human Rights Commission has called for the creation of nationally consistent power-of-attorney laws to better protect the vulnerable.