The Latest Breaking News from Human Rights

The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) published a new report that underlined that the Israeli authorities’ restrictions on travel of Gaza Strip patients have caused the death of seven patients and obstructed the travel of 5,000 to receive treatment. The report underscores that from 2008 to 2021, the Israeli…

By every conceivable measure, South Sudan is a nation in crisis. Though a peace agreement was signed in 2018, it is yet to be implemented. While visiting the country this month, the U.N. Commissioner on Human Rights in South Sudan warned that every passing day of inaction means not just…

Colombia could use its restored diplomatic relations with Venezuela to help curb human rights violations in its neighbor, advocacy group Human Rights Watch said in a letter to Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Monday.

The head of the Organization of American States unfairly maligned the reputation of a Brazilian lawyer who he abruptly fired as the region’s top human rights watchdog

The Labour chief said none of his colleagues will attend the controversial tournament in the Middle Eastern country, where being gay is illegal

A high-stakes trial over the killings and sexual crimes in Conakry in 2009 has begun.

Arnika Ghaem Maghami, 17, died in hospital after she was allegedly crept up on by Iranian security forces and bludgeoned to death with a baton at an anti-hijab protest

New sanctions are imposed in response to ‘attacks on democratic actors and members of civil society’, US says.

Washington should pause arms sales to rein in Riyadh.