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The United Nations says the first 10 years of Syria’s conflict, which began in 2011, killed more than 300,000 civilians

’You can’t remember one?’ foreign secretary asked – despite pledge to ‘hold those who violate human rights to account’

The U.N. human rights office said on Tuesday that 306,887 civilians had been killed in Syria during the conflict since March 2011, or about 1.5 % of its pre-war population, in what it said was the highest estimate yet.

Spain’s prime minister is defending the way Moroccan and Spanish police repelled migrants last week as they tried to cross the shared border into the north African enclave of Melilla

Analysis: Duterte’s popularity remains undented among people in poorer areas despite attacks on human rights, rule of law and media

US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping are expected to speak in the next few weeks, US national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Monday, citing growing convergence among NATO and G7 members about the challenge China poses. The Group of Seven rich democracies will address China's non-market…

Cross-party group of MPs sounds alarm after government ditches human rights as negotiating objective

‘India will have to face questions at U.N. meet’ on its handling of rights defenders’

The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child recently issued its long-awaited concluding observations on Canada’s compliance with international human rights law regarding children.

Ukraine's richest man filed a lawsuit against Russia at Europe’s top human rights court on Monday, seeking compensation over what he has said are billions of dollars in business losses since Russia's invasion.

He entered not guilty pleas to three counts of fraud at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Monday.