human rights

The United Nations chief warned Monday that human rights were being “suffocated” globally, including by wars and violence as well as autocrats crushing opposition and trampling on international law. “Human…

Italy’s foreign ministry summoned the Iranian ambassador on Thursday to demand the immediate release of reporter Cecilia Sala, who was detained in Tehran on Dec 19 while working under a…

At least 27 migrants, including women and children, died after two boats capsized off central Tunisia, with 83 people rescued, a civil defence official told on Thursday. The rescued and…

Thousands gathered in the heart of Bangladesh’s capital to join a ‘March for Unity,’ demanding capital punishment for the country’s ousted former premier, Sheikh Hasina, who fled to India. The…

Following the fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s government, the Biden administration said it would fully support a transparent and inclusive transition process toward a nonsectarian government accountable to the…

The main commander of the fighters who toppled Bashar al-Assad said that he would dissolve the security forces of the former regime, close its prisons, and hunt down anyone involved…

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum denied proposing to US President-elect Donald Trump that Mexico will close its border with the United States as he claimed in a post on Truth Social.…

The United Nations mission to Afghanistan said on Tuesday the ruling Taliban had arbitrarily detained journalists 256 times since their takeover three years ago and urged authorities there to protect…

The US on Tuesday imposed sanctions on a commander of Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, accusing him of being involved in human rights abuses in West Darfur, as Washington increases…

The Taliban have barred United Nations-appointed special rapporteur Richard Bennett from entering Afghanistan, the administration’s spokesperson said, accusing the human rights watchdog of “spreading propaganda”. The Taliban administration’s foreign ministry…