The Latest Breaking News from Human Rights

Sanjib Raya died of heart failure at 28 – same age as England captain Harry Kane. But his family say he was perfectly healthy before taking up the gruelling job.

Russia has engaged in under-the-radar military operations in at least half a dozen countries in Africa in the last five years using a shadowy mercenary force analysts say is loyal to President Vladimir Putin

The government has investigated 69 benefit claimants’ suicides since 2014

A proposed legally-binding action plan will focus on resolving issues for DWP claimants.

The United Nations human rights office sounded the alarm on Friday about growing evidence of war crimes in Ukraine, urging both Moscow and Kyiv to order combatants to respect international law. "Russian armed forces have indiscriminately shelled and bombed populated areas, killing civilians and wrecking hospitals, schools and other civilian…

The United Nations human rights office said on Friday there was growing evidence of Russian war crimes in Ukraine, including signs of indiscriminate shelling and summary executions, while it said Ukraine also appeared to have used weapons with indiscriminate effects.

MPs from around the world tell Jacinda Ardern that case of murder suspect Kyung Yup Kim could set ‘dangerous precedent’

The judge said basic human rights must be adhered to behind bars, whether a prisoner was Nelson Mandela or someone alleged to be a neo-Nazi.

Human Rights First says asylum seekers were jailed on average for 3.7 months after being allowed into the United States.

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights is calling on the government of El Salvador to respect human rights, after authorities declared a state of emergency and rounded up 14,000 suspected gang members

International Criminal Court prosecutor Karim Khan has rejected a request by Venezuela to delay an ICC probe into alleged human rights violations, according to documents released on Thursday, and he will seek to reopen a full investigation.