Besides putting on a $7-billion sports extravaganza in the summer of 2028, Olympic organizers in Los Angeles have pledged to ...

Zambia was due to host Rights Con, the world's biggest digital rights gathering, this week -- but abruptly canceled the event. Organizers blame Chinese pressure for the decision.

Migrants deported from the U.S. routinely disappear into El Salvador's prisons the moment they land or in the weeks that follow. Many remain incommunicado from family and lawyers for years.

The Human Rights Campaign is launching a $15 million investment targeting Republicans in battleground districts ahead of the fall's midterm elections.

The Baháʼí Faith is the largest non-Muslim religious minority in Iran, and has faced persecution under the current government ...

A person riding in electric vehicle carries a sign with an image of late Cuban President Fidel Castro that reads, “The Cuban ...

World leaders in assisted reproductive technology are finalising global consensus guidelines on minimal standards in surrogacy to address mounting concerns about severe human rights violations.

The Spanish government has announced plans to ban harmful experiments on great apes as part of a wider initiative to give them increased rights closer to the ones humans enjoy. These plans are forward ...

The Iraqi parliament’s Human Rights Committee has come under criticism, with activists saying some members have political or organizational ties to groups accused of abuses. In the sixth ...

In a 3-2 vote, the City Commission voted to let city officials elected June 9 decide whether to disband the HRC or let it ...

Amnesty International Philippines warned of an alleged widening gap in human rights protection across Luzon due to “systemic ...