Authorities also designate Anti-Corruption Foundation as ‘terrorist’ group and consider total ban on WhatsApp.

MEXICO CITY — Leading human rights activist, Ruth López, has been arrested in El Salvador, after the Attorney General's office accused her of embezzlement of state funds. López leads the ...

Today we announce the appointment of Hon Mark Dreyfus KC MP as Australia’s Special Envoy for International Human Rights. As Special Envoy, Mr Dreyfus will renew Australia’s tradition as a global ...

Ukraine's suspension of the Mine Ban Treaty poses a serious risk to international humanitarian and human rights law.

Amnesty International on Wednesday urged Ugandan authorities to overturn a military tribunal’s decision and release lawyer Eron Kiiza, who has been convicted of contempt of court without a formal ...

Russia’s Ministry of Justice has designated Human Rights Watch an “undesirable organization,” effectively banning the group ...

Founded in 1978, Human Rights Watch monitors and researches human rights violations in countries across the world. It has ...

The government sets out to revive Australia’s long tradition in human rights leadership, with a clearer brief for ...

In just one week, President Donald Trump has launched the most systemic and aggressive assault on human rights in U.S. presidential history. While the first Trump administration made similar attempts ...

The 2024 version of the State Department report issued by the Trump administration in August already removed or significantly reduced sections on political freedoms, corruption, gender-based violence, ...

At a webinar titled, “Algorithms & Accountability: Safeguarding Human Rights in the Age of AI,” legal experts discuss how the U.S. and the EU’s diverging AI regulations muddle the interpretation of ...