At the core of the ongoing conflict tearing Sudan apart lies the issue of identity, which stands as one of the primary ...

Ville Tavio (Finns) survived a no-confidence motion regarding his decision to exclude Finland from an international gender ...

Press Release - Three sub-Saharan African countries on the cusp of abolition must act now and abolish the death penalty once and for all, paving the way for others around the world to follow in their ...

The international human rights organization Amnesty International says three sub-Saharan African countries considering ending the death penalty should do it now and pave the way for others around the ...

Fewer and fewer countries are applying the death penalty but executions are on the rise. Switzerland wants to abolish capital punishment worldwide.

Civic chiefs have condemned the Labour government over its plans to reopen a controversial immigration centre near Oxford.

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The world is sleepwalking through Thailand’s growing denial of fundamental human rights, like freedom of expression. The ...

Italy is set to open two migrant processing centers in Albania where men rescued at sea will be processed for asylum – a move ...

At least three people were killed in clashes Wednesday between Pakistani police and supporters of a rights group advocating for the Pashtun ethnic ...

Police have clashed with supporters of a banned organization advocating for the rights of the Pashtun ethnic group in northwest Pakistan ...

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, delivered a speech on Tuesday condemning the state of the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) prison and detention systems. In his address to ...