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Discover the alarming findings of a rights report on El Salvador's government actions against street gangs.

Human Rights Watch says slaughter of civilians ‘planned and not isolated acts’ in more than 200-page report

The app which allows asylum seekers to schedule appointments with border officials may be exposing migrants to dangers

Human Rights Watch report accuses Hamas-led groups of war crimes in southern Israel attack, including crimes against humanity and sexual violence allegations.

Exclusive: Cache of videos obtained by Guardian Australia and SBS’s The Feed lays bare distressing treatment of teenagers – many of them disabled – in police custody

A global human rights group says Hamas-led armed groups committed numerous war crimes during the Oct. 7 attack on southern Israel that precipitated the war in Gaza

Human rights NGO reports arbitrary detentions of opposition figures in Venezuela ahead of presidential election, raising concerns about political repressio...

Ten retired Peruvian soldiers were convicted in June of raping nine women while serving at the Manta and Vilca military base in the Andes mountains during the country’s armed conflict in the 1980s. The men each received sentences of between six and 12 years for crimes against “good manners” and…

Francesca Albanese, United Nations special rapporteur on the human rights situation in the Palestinian territories, told FRANCE 24 that Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinians in its war against Hamas.

Human Rights Watch says ill-treatment of some minors arbitrarily held in gang crackdown amounts to torture

Kenyan authorities apprehend suspect in connection with discovery of dismembered bodies of women at quarry in Nairobi. Human rights organizations call for ...