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The United Nations' human rights chief says his office in Uganda will close this weekend after the East African country decided not to renew an agreement allowing it to operate

Zimbabwe’s main opposition leader has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of violating the law and tearing apart independent institutions to cling to power

The European Union will soon require thousands of large companies to actively look for and reduce human rights abuses and environmental damage in their supply chains. And although it’s an EU law, it will also cover foreign businesses – including American ones – that have operations in the region.

‘It was an absolute case of discrimination and violation of human rights’

In a conflict like the war in Ukraine, many journalists risk their lives to report the truth and reveal war crimes committed by both sides. But when journalists themselves are targeted, these war crimes almost always go unpunished. Research from Human Rights Watch has found that a de facto impunity…

An Egyptian court has sentenced human rights activist Patrick Zaki to three years in prison after finding him guilty of "spreading false news" in an article he wrote about his life as a Coptic Christian. Zaki has already spent 22 months in prison, where his lawyers said he was tortured.

Amnesty International has accused Sudan’s warring factions of committing “extensive war crimes” including mass killing of civilians and rape and sexual slavery of women in their monthslong fighting to control the eastern African nation

Ten people were killed in Rio favela and 19 people reportedly died in state of Bahia, while death toll rose to 16 in São Paulo region

Report shows ‘lack of accountability’ for misuse of lethal force, intimidation, sexual harassment and falsifying documents