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The Inter American Commission on Human Rights says Peru’s military and police forces used excessive force to quell violent anti-government protests, and that they should be investigated as possible extrajudicial executions and massacres

Human rights campaigners described the technology as ‘Orwellian’ and said it had ‘no place’ on the streets of Britain.

Business & Human Rights Resource Centre says it recorded more than 550 attacks on human rights defenders in 2022.

A Lao human rights activist who posted articles critical of the government was shot and killed in Vientiane by an unidentified gunman, according to Radio Free Asia (RFA).

Religious laws are increasingly being used to silence civil society and human rights groups, say activists

Western countries on Tuesday raised concerns over Russian private military contractor Wagner Group's activities in Mali, including allegations of its role in the killings of civilians, at a U.N. human rights meeting in Geneva.

Every year, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) releases a report on religious oppression around the world, recommending that the State Department designate specific countries as especially severe violators. In this year’s report, released May 1, 2023, Iran came in for particular criticism after months of protests and…

The Māori say New Zealand must center Indigenous peoples in climate disaster plans

Tinder owner Match Group will quit Russia, citing the need to protect human rights since Moscow sent troops into Ukraine last year.