The Latest Breaking News from Human Rights

VP Dhankhar: India's civilisational ethos, constitutional framework reflect deep commitment to human rights; need to empower minds, not pockets; no one above law, all accountable; transparency, accountable governance new norm, gamechanger for human rights.

The president of the Tibetan government-in-exile has accused China of denying the most fundamental human rights to people in Tibet and vigorously carrying out the extermination of the Tibetan identity

The U.N. says the Taliban must embrace and uphold human rights obligations in Afghanistan

Refugee Salem Doma was tortured and held for ransom in Bani Walid, Libya, another victim of human trafficking.

Iranian authorities banned members of the late Mahsa Amini’s family from traveling to receive the European Union’s top human rights prize on her behalf, a civil rights monitor reported

Seventy-five years ago on Sunday, the U.N. General Assembly approved the Universal Declaration of Human Rights at a meeting in Paris

Rights groups say that Beijing’s crackdown on dissent is becoming increasingly harsh, both within China and beyond

Mohammadi to go on hunger strike ‘in solidarity’ with Iran’s Baha’i religious minority as her prize is awarded in Oslo.

Six-member illicit liquor racket, including actor & music director, busted in Thrissur. Excise team seized 1,070 litres of liquor & equipment. Gang allegedly sourced spirit from Bengaluru & distributed liquor with tagline "one litre for price of half litre". Anoop Kumar used to escape in disguise of human rights activist.

Human rights groups condemn Washington’s move as being ‘against humanity’

On December 10, 1948, the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in the hope of creating a better world after the horrors of World War II. Coming three years after the Allied victory over the Nazis, it was the first time that countries had agreed to protect…