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Human Rights Watch says claimants’ rights are being violated, with high obstacles to making claims and low awards

A report from a humans rights organisation said the administration of the compensation scheme should be handed to an independent body.

If the aim of criminalising suicide attempts is to deter people from ending their lives and protect the vulnerable, it's failed.

Nigeria missed the unique opportunity to address its anti-suicide laws in the new mental health bill.

Experts say Xu Zhiyong’s fate symbolises the rise and fall of China’s ill-fated rights movement

Kayban was born in Australia with a disability. His parents want to extend their working visa but have been told his care costs too much.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that a commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) was killed, and his escort was injured in an attack by a Turkish drone near Nusaybeen crossing on the border with Türkiye in al-Qamishli. The Observatory pointed out that the attack came a week…

The race is on in Wellington Central for the National Party candidate selection where a well-known pub owner will battle it out against a human rights expert on Sunday.

The president of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni, recently called on Africa to "save the world from homosexuality", suggesting he would sign into law a controversial anti-LGBTQ+ bill passed by parliament last month. In Uganda and abroad, activists are mounting last-ditch efforts to try and stop the legislation.

Two rights groups revealed on Thursday that Iran is using death penalty as an “execution machine” aimed at spreading fear as protests shook the country in 2022. According to Norway-based Iran Human Rights (IHR) and France's Together Against the Death Penalty (ECPM), Iran hanged 75 percent more people in 2022…

Chinese demand for Indonesian wood pulp is propping up industry ostracised elsewhere over sustainability concerns.