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The organisation and Human Rights Watch petition in South Africa to take part in class action as the mining giant denies liability

Call over protecting most vulnerable citizens comes before UN review of Britain’s human rights record

The former Qatar international footballer Khalid Salman has been criticised after claiming that homosexuality is ‘damage in the mind’

Human Rights Watch Monday accused the government in Damascus and Türkiye of exacerbating Syria's deadly cholera outbreak by restricting aid and water-flow to the country's Kurdish-held northeast. Syria has recorded 81 deaths and more than 24,000 suspected cases of the extremely virulent disease since September, according to the World Health…

Attendees say they are unable to visit Human Rights Watch and other sites needed during climate talks

The U.K. prime minister has pledged to raise the plight of a British-Egyptian writer during COP27.

Changes such as ending public financing of campaigns will make it harder for women to run for office, critics say.

Local and state authorities failed to protect at-risk Lismore residents - the elderly, disabled and pregnant - from record-breaking floods, a new report says.

Türkiye has rejected accusations that it has arbitrarily detained and deported hundreds of Syrians in the past months. The Presidency of Migration Management denied on Friday allegations by Human Rights Watch (HRW) that Türkiye is deporting refugees to Syria without their consent. Describing the accusations as “scandalous,” the body said…