The Latest Breaking News from Human Rights

A plane with the message saying 'Free All Saudi prisoners' flew over St. James’s Park before Newcastle’s Premier League clash against Arsenal on Sunday afternoon

Fatal car crash shows a different approach is needed to keep the community safe, leading children and human rights advocates say

With its glittering, embroidered roots and its hand-made sparkling leaves, the "Tree of Life" is an homage to two inspiring women: Catherine de Medicis and the nymph of Greek legend, Daphne. Portuguese artist Joana Vasconcelos tells us about devising her latest installation in a world paralysed by the pandemic, when…

France has been criticised by the United Nations Human Rights Council for increased police violence, including incidents that occurred during recent pension reform protests.

WHEN I wrote last week about discrimination against gender-critical women in public life,

More than a dozen African-Australian families who lodged a human rights commission complaint three years ago alleging racism and bullying by staff at a Melbourne school say the school involved is yet to properly acknowledge their experiences.

Human Rights Watch joins 50 other groups to call for release of Egyptian academic Salah Soltan, detained in Egypt.

Chinese Ambassador Cong Peiwu on Thursday denied a Beijing official targeted a Canadian lawmaker and his family for his anti-China stance and denounced Ottawa's statement that it was considering expelling a Chinese diplomat.

The 'mass arrivals’ immigration bill aims to legalise the detention of asylum seekers without a warrant for up to 28 days. This runs contrary to international human rights law, writes Dr Kat Eghdamian.