The Latest Breaking News from Human Rights

Some 24 million Algerians vote on Saturday to elect their next president, with incumbent Abdelmadjid Tebboune the clear favourite of only three candidates. If Algeria has enjoyed economic and social stability during his five years in power, human rights organisations warn of a decrease of freedom and rights.

Harris doesn’t need to impose a full embargo on Israel – but she can pledge to enforce US laws restricting arms transfers to human rights violators

Exclusive video shows Ukrainian soldiers being brutally murdered after surrendering to Russian forces in Ukraine, highlighting grave human rights violations.

Cambodia’s leader has condemned international human rights groups for criticizing his government’s arrests of nearly 100 people for protesting against a decades-old regional development agreement with neighboring countries

Also signed by the EU, US and Israel, the declaration aims to mitigate the threats that AI may pose to human rights, democracy and the rule of law

United States secures release of 135 Nicaraguan political prisoners, relocated to Guatemala, promoting human rights.

Recent court decisions have prompted the urgent change.

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights urged El Salvador Wednesday to end the more than two-year state of emergency, which has suspended fundamental civil rights while the government pursued the country’s powerful street gangs

The UK government has announced it is suspending 30 arms export licences to Israel for military equipment used in operations in Gaza.