The Latest Breaking News from Human Rights

Economic growth allows the few to grow ever-wealthier. Ending poverty and environmental catastrophe demands fresh thinking

A U.N. human rights working group has called for an immediate release of Pakistan’s imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan, saying his detention is arbitrary and violates international laws

In recent years, several incidents have occurred at major football events where authorities have been heavily criticised by the general public, the media, academics and supporters for breaching the rights of football fans.

Should Sir Keir Starmer emerge as prime minister on Friday morning, he can consider it a job remarkably well done. In the nearly five years since securing the Labour leadership, Sir Keir has transformed the party from a parliamentary rump under investigation by the Equality and Human Rights Commission over…

Since the early 2000s, Kenya has come up with legislative changes and thrown a tremendous amount of funding at a range of reforms to improve the relationship between police and citizens. Specifically, these reforms have been aimed at addressing impunity and human rights abuses.

In the run-up to the Paris Olympic Games, human rights activists have alleged that authorities are engaged in "social cleansing", a government policy of removing the homeless from the city, which the authorities deny. But a number of non-profits have presented evidence documenting the methods used by the authorities to…

KLP divests from US bulldozer company over alleged contribution to construction of illegal Israeli settlements

High Court rules in favour of a petition demanding a halt to the use of potentially deadly weaponry by police.

Human rights groups in the Netherlands have returned to court to again call for stricter enforcement of a court order to halt Dutch exports to Israel of parts for F-35 fighter jets used in the war in Gaza

The 2024 report on North Korean human rights released by South Korea’s unification ministry details an ongoing crackdown on cultural imports

Honduras still has a long way to go to dismantle the "narco-state" that grew under ex-president Juan Orlando Hernandez, jailed this week for smuggling a deluge of cocaine into the United States, experts told AFP. Hernandez, 55, spent years in positions of power cozying up to kingpins from some of…