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

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

The Turkish authorities over the last month have substantially escalated internet censorship, Human Rights Watch said today, along with ARTICLE 19, the Freedom of Expression Association, and 18 other ...

Israeli forces continue to kill and wound civilians and deny sufficient food, aid, and water to Palestinians in Gaza one year ...

The Trump administration’s decision to sanction the International Criminal Court (ICC) is an unprecedented assault on global justice and the rule of law.

The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child has called on Uganda to significantly expand government support for ...

The Norwegian Nobel Committee on October 9, 2026, announced that Navi Pillay was the 2026 winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.

As armed conflicts proliferate around the globe, World Mental Health Day is a reminder that the psychological toll stemming ...

Teresa M., a 30-year-old Guatemalan woman, had just left home for her job manufacturing cabinets when she was stopped by ...

The UN Human Rights Council on October 6 extended the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in ...

Bahraini authorities have rearrested at least nine men who had previously been released from prison by royal pardon.

A lawyer in Niger faces prosecution over comments about the army on social media while a prominent journalist and critic of ...