The Latest Breaking News from Human Rights

Cameroon has imprisoned an activist who posted videos on TikTok urging democratic change ahead of 2025 presidential elections, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said.

U.N. report exposes torture allegations against Israeli authorities and human rights violations in Gaza conflict, raising concerns over arbitrary detention...

Fundamental rights body warns of flawed approach to credible accounts of ill-treatment and loss of life

LGBTQ+ and human rights campaigner ‘delighted and honoured’ to have painting by Sarah Jane Moon on display

Human Rights Watch accuses Sudan's paramilitary group of sexual violence against women, urging UN intervention in the conflict.

Human rights organisation accuses paramilitary group of perpetrating sexual violence against women and girls in war-torn country

UN member states meet Monday seeking to finalize an international treaty on the fight against cybercrime, a text strongly opposed by an unlikely alliance of human rights groups and big technology companies.

The Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI) has decided to conduct a special review of the Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC). A coalition of civil society organizations, including the Black Class Action Secretariat, Canadian Association of Public Employees, and others, requested the review.

A United Nations expert called this week for an international investigation into a range of "atrocity crimes" committed in Iran in connection with a purge of dissidents in the 1980s. Most of the victims were part of a group now based in France and Albania, in a sometimes uneasy relationship…