During its October 6 review by the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), ...

Images from ongoing student protests in France of heavily armed riot police using tear gas, stun grenades, batons, rubber ...

A United Nations Human Rights Council resolution on October 7 calling for concrete action against systemic racism should have ...

Police carried out a dawn raid on the widely watched, independent news channel Halk TV on October 14, signaling its takeover by a government-appointed administrator who promptly ordered the station to ...

The Libyan Arab Armed Forces (LAAF), which controls eastern and southern Libya, has executed at least 31 people since late ...

From the World Bank's annual meetings in Bangkok through October 18 to the following week’s Global AI and Digital Summit in Seoul, the Bank is promoting AI’s potential to deliver “more and better jobs ...

The Vietnamese authorities should immediately release three activists associated with the overseas Viet Tan organization who ...

Senegal’s growing crackdown on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) people is violating their rights, causing ...

A Saudi court has sentenced a Sri Lankan migrant worker to death over a Facebook comment that was deemed blasphemous.

Burundi is set to win re-election to the United Nations Human Rights Council in a vote on October 12, 2026, with no competition.

Every October, Japan celebrates Sports Day, a public holiday established to commemorate the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games and Japan's longstanding commitment to sport as a national priority.

Indian authorities are using abusive methods to crack down on thousands of peaceful protesters in New Delhi and other Indian ...