The Latest Breaking News from Human Rights

The European Union is deepening its relations with Egypt, increasing financial support to the North African country despite ongoing human rights concerns.

There’s raising awareness, and then there’s weaponizing tragedy for applause. Republican Rep. for South Carolina, Nancy Mace, managed to do both this week, turning a human rights crisis in Nigeria into a sermon about how Democrats supposedly hate God, Jews, and the United States.

Why have so few athletes spoken about Gaza? Fear of backlash, lost sponsors and being branded antisemitic all help explain the silence

Human rights groups say noise campaign is ‘psychological intimidation and harassment’

Cambodia’s rights commission said ‘intense, high-pitched noises’ broadcast by Thai soldiers along the disputed border threatened to escalate tensions

A French human rights group on Thursday filed a legal complaint against Airbnb and Booking.com, accusing them of promoting "occupation tourism" by listing accommodation in Israeli settlements in Palestinian territories.

Human rights lawyers accused 122 European officials of committing crimes against migrants in the Mediterranean Sea

A United Nations letter to Colombia warns that mercury contamination from illegal gold mining in the Atrato River basin is causing a grave human rights crisis for Indigenous and Afro-descendant communities

Once ministerial approval is granted, the Government must lay the draft code before Parliament for 40 days before it can be brought into force.