The Latest Breaking News from Human Rights

Giving her first interview since she began the process of taking the government to the European Court of Human Rights, Dr McCloud tells Millie Cooke she no longer sees the UK as a ‘safe place’ for trans people

With more than 800 Intepol red notices currently in circulation, El Salvador has four times as many active alerts as Argentina, the second-highest country in the region

Rights groups are questioning a multimillion-dollar arms sale by the United States to Nigeria as security forces in the west African nation continue to be accused of killing civilians with impunity.

Analysts warn E1 plan will fragment Palestinian lands, undermining the viability of a future Palestinian state.

When more than 1,300 people at the U.S. State Department lost their jobs in a mass firing this summer, most headlines focused on what it meant for American diplomacy. But the layoffs are about more than embassies and foreign policy – they could also make it harder for U.S. companies…

Al-Haq lost a legal challenge against the Government in June over the export of fighter jet parts that can be used by Israel.

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has been granted permission to intervene in legal action over the issue.

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has been granted permission to intervene in legal action over the issue

Two new reports from Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch reveal harrowing testimony of mass killings, sexual violence and forced displacement in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), underscoring the human cost of the conflict despite ongoing peace talks.