A Russian court handed down prison sentences of between 42 and 66 months Friday to three lawyers of the late Russian ...

A cease-fire and hostage release deal between Israel and Hamas due to go into effect Sunday had been agreed, Israeli Prime ...

Interim Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib meets with United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk ...

A group of 48 Uyghur men who have been held for over a decade in Thai immigration detention face risks of enforced ...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk said that his office stands ready to strengthen human rights work in Lebanon and called for investment in the rule of law in the country.

The report noted that the Biden administration also allocated $17.9 billion as security aid to Israel during a war that led ...

The United Nations has launched a second International Decade for People of African Descent. This new decade — which officially began January 1, 2025, and will continue until December 31, 2034 — will ...

Prime Minister Lawrence Wong’s administration faces allegations of human rights abuses, including executions and crackdowns ...

Seven years after their baby daughter was killed during a brutal midnight operation by police in Kenya at a time of ...

Bangladesh's interim government, led by Nobel Prize laureate Mohammed Yunus, has set up a commission to investigate enforced disappearances and pledged reforms and accountability for rights abuses ...

The United Nations human rights chief warned Friday that the war in Sudan is becoming "more dangerous" for civilians, ...