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A recent move by a Malaysian state to punish Muslim women for out-of-wedlock pregnancies and donning men’s clothing has drawn the ire of human rights activists.

Move to expel Iran from United Nations Commission on the Status of Women hailed by activists

We've seen African summits in Paris, Brussels, Beijing and Ankara. For the second time ever, after 2014, Washington is hosting an African leaders' summit. With superpower rivalries heating up, no long lectures are planned on human rights and corruption. Instead, the Biden administration is bowing to the African Union’s own…

A US-drafted resolution to remove Iran from the Commission on the Status of Women passed over objections from Iran.

Survivors of the Colorado Springs massacre urge lawmakers to condemn anti-LGBT+ rhetoric that advocates argue has fuelled the attack and a wave of harassment

Dominic Raab was being grilled by the Joint Human Rights Committee on the controversial Bill, which he introduced during his first stint in office.

No 10 opposes bill that would allow removal of asylum seekers from UK even if it went against European court judgment

Boris Johnson had been among MPs who backed Jonathan Gullis' Bill to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda, even if a court rules it is against human rights. But the bid was blocked at its first hurdle

European parliament due to vote on Thursday on resolution calling for release of Bahraini activist