The Latest Breaking News from Human Rights

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya and four other opposition figures were tried in their absence in Minsk – on charges decried by human rights organisations

Football Australia and New Zealand Football, the co-hosts of this summer’s tournament, have said they would not be ‘comfortable’ with the partnership due to human rights concerns

The Iranian militias have given the green light to activate the air defense system composed of four batteries in Damascus to intercept any upcoming Israeli strikes, reliable sources in Syria said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) revealed that the militias’ leaders were ordered to limit their movement in…

Joint committee warns that proposed laws are ‘not justified and need to be reconsidered’

Scotland’s health secretary is one of the three candidates running to replace Nicola Sturgeon

MPs and peers have urged ministers to think again about a controversial new strikes law, warning the legislation would likely put the UK in breach…

Human rights groups called the trial unfair. Egypt on Sunday sentenced 14 people, including rights activists, to prison terms ranging between five and 15 years on terrorism-related charges.

Scotland’s Health Secretary is one of three candidates running to replace Nicola Sturgeon.

The PM’s latest plan is to make asylum claims inadmissible for people who arrive on small boats. But the real aim is to talk tough to save himself, says Diane Taylor, writer on civil liberties and human rights

The government should speed up asylum seekers’ claims instead of focusing on costly and unworkable deterrents

BGI Group, one of the world’s biggest genetics analysis companies, has said it never would be involved in human rights abuses after the U.S. government said there was a danger some of its units might contribute to Chinese surveillance