Among the six hostages freed by Hamas on Saturday (Feb 22) in return for Palestinian prisoners were an Israeli Bedouin and an ...

Civilians Hisham al-Sayed and Avera Mengistu had a history of mental illness, according to comments from their families and a ...

Israel was supposed to release 620 Palestinian prisoners soon after the hostages were handed over. Officials gave no reason ...

Kyrgyzstani authorities should urgently take all necessary measures to ensure the ongoing safety and security of an ...

Russia’s war against Ukraine will soon enter its fourth year. Since February 2022, violations of the laws of war have led to ...

Eritrea has rejected accusations by Ethiopia’s former president Mulatu Teshome that it is destabilising the northern region of its neighbour, arguing that Addis Ababa’s internal turmoil is the real ...

Two men died in custody in Uzbekistan in recent days, and a third man is in the hospital unresponsive after police detained him, according to rights groups and local bloggers.

As the crisis in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo reaches a critical juncture, pressure is mounting on the African ...

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Human Rights Watch and the ACLU said in a report released today. The 18,000-acre mining project is under construction and will extract lithium from one of the world’s largest known deposits.

Freedom of speech is a bellwether: how any society tolerates those with minority, disfavored, or even obnoxious views will often speak to its performance on human rights more generally.

“Much of the destruction in Gaza reflects a calculated Israeli policy to make parts of the strip unlivable,” said Lama Fakih, Middle East and North Africa director at Human Rights Watch.