All news on the topic: Human rights

Kyrgyzstan invited, then abruptly canceled—later calling it a postponement—a visit from the EU’s Human Rights Subcommittee amid growing concerns over political repression and media freedom.

A British environmental and investigative journalist has been banned from entering Cambodia, in what press groups have condemned as yet another attack on independent media by the country’s authoritarian leaders.

Georgian journalist jailed after protest, on hunger strike as EU and rights groups call for her immediate release.

Police and intelligence services in Serbia are using advanced mobile forensics products and previously unknown spyware to illegally surveil journalists, environmental campaigners and civil rights activists, according to a report.

Organized crime, systemic corruption, and a culture of machismo are fueling a devastating crisis for women and girls in Mexico, where only a tiny minority of human trafficking cases are investigated by authorities.

Rights group in Caracas says at least 40 people affected, as Maduro government continues clampdown on opposition

Kenya’s high court temporarily blocked a proposed deal for India’s Adani Group to lease the country’s main airport, court documents showed. The proposal sparked protests in Kenya and raised concerns in India over the country’s image.

North Korea has executed a 22-year-old man from the rural South Hwanghae province for listening to 70 South Korean songs - including K-pop - and watching three films in 2022

Manchester Pride CEO, Mark Fletcher, says that while Pride is a 'celebration of identity', it's important to remember the stories of those truly impacted by the power of the movement

Keir Starmer is poised to take the keys to Number 10 after the UK general election - but what did he do before he came to politics? Here's a look back at the Labour leader's high-flying legal career

The Mint of Poland has seen a surge in demand for gold bars and coins as Poles - who have long seen gold as a safe haven - seek financial security amid the war in Ukraine and a migration crisis at the border with Belarus

Police in Kenya fired live ammunition at anti-government protesters in the capital Nairobi on Tuesday as thousands continued to rally demanding legislators vote against new taxes proposed in a controversial finance bill.

Social security, gay rights, abortion, divorce, civil partnerships, the abolition of capital punishment... the list of what a massive Labour majority can achieve means it's something only the Tories are frightened of

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was hit with cries of 'shame' during his BBC Question Time appearance, after the Conservative Party leader hinted he may leave the European Convention of Human Rights

Helen Gent's daughter Lucille turned back up after the half-term break wearing 'tiny' stud earrings to Magnus Church of England Academy in Newark, Nottinghamshire

The MoD faces being hauled to court to explain why officials have ignored legal moves by the forgotten heroes of the Cold War

Liverpool take on newly-promoted Ipswich on the opening day of their season and all eyes will be on the Dutchman as he starts a new chapter on Merseyside following nine years of success under Jurgen Klopp

Illinois governor JB Pritzker appeared to wind Trump up after calling him a ‘felon’ earlier this week, causing the ex-president to return fire with a slew of insults on social media

A family has been torn apart after a father, who was born in Spain, was deported back to the European country from the UK as his wife spoke to lawyers to overturn the decision

Ex-Labour Prime Minister Gordon Brown has been handed the top award in King Charles' Birthday Honours List – with a prestigious title that only 65 people can ever hold at one time

Rishi Sunak sought to talk tough on migration at the summit in Italy on Friday as he lags in the opinion polls and faces a threat from the right from Nigel Farage’s Reform UK

Inmates inside El Salvador's Centre for the Confinement of Terrorism face brutal conditions with 80 crammed into one cell and no natural daylight as President Bukele takes a tough crackdown on drugs gangs

The start of the end may be near with a PGA Tour and LIV Golf draft agreement supposedly signed on the eve of the US Open - but the finer details are yet to come

Amanda Knox is awaiting the verdict in an appeal over a slander conviction from bar owner Patrick Lumumba following the murder of British student Meredith Kercher in Perugia, Italy, in 2007

The Tories say if they win the General Election next month the 2010 Equalities Act will be changed to make clear the protected characteristic of sex is 'biological sex'