The Latest Breaking News from Human Rights

Norwegian mass killer Anders Breivik, who murdered 77 people in a far-right terror attack in 2011, launches his second attempt at suing the state accusing the Justice Department of breaching his human rights

Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has just been re-elected for a fifth term in a vote boycotted by the opposition. Since she came to power in 2009 at least 600 people have disappeared, including opposition activists, businessmen and members of the student wing of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, according to…

State Human Rights Commission directs Thiruvananthapuram Collector to investigate leopard sightings near school, submit report in 3 weeks.

Thermo Fisher, an American biotech company, has halted sales of its DNA testing products in Tibet, amid concerns that its products might have assisted the Chinese government in a surveillance campaign in the ethnic region

In the months leading to Bangladesh’s national election on Sunday, thousands of opposition supporters and politicians have been arrested

Without a refugee law, India is an uncertain home for new waves of asylum seekers. Will the 2024 election change that?

Beijing organises visits to region where it is accused of potential crimes against humanity, but not all are convinced.

TONY Blair’s think tank is being paid to advise countries with poor human rights records, it has been revealed.

Pakistan’s independent human rights commission says there is little chance of free and fair parliamentary elections in the country next month because of “pre-poll rigging.”