Ales Bialiatski, a human rights advocate who won the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize, is serving a 10-year prison sentence in Belarus ...

Sarah Yager is Washington Director at Human Rights Watch. She worked on human rights under three U.S. presidents and from ...

As the United States honours Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy and fight for equality, civil rights leaders are working to ...

Donziger was subsequently prosecuted by Chevron’s law firm in a case that Supreme Court Neil Gorsuch said “broke a basic ...

A government website that provided information on reproductive rights appears to have gone offline around the same time ...

Amnesty International has accused Congo’s army and a rebel group of bombing densely populated areas in attacks that “likely constitute war crimes.” ...

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's return to the White House next week threatens freedoms at home and abroad, the head of ...

A new study by the University of Portsmouth calls for human rights to be at the heart of any economic development.

The year put Nigeria's commitment to democratic values--respect for human rights, the rule of law, and press freedom-- to test.With growing economic pressures resulting from high inflation and ...

On January 14, prominent activist and former president of Tunisia’s Truth and Dignity Commission, Sihem Bensedrine, began a ...

The United Nations human rights chief has called for the lifting of Western sanctions imposed on Syria over its yearslong ...

A Highland Park native, Burrell, 32, has the life's mission to mentor youth, advocate for social justice and empower ...