United Nations member countries should use the upcoming review of Vietnam’s record on civil and political rights at the UN ...

The U.N. Human Rights Council voted on Monday to renew the mandate of an LGBT rights expert, a move welcomed by advocates ...

The equipment activist Lee Min-bok uses to send balloons laden with anti-Kim Jong Un leaflets across the border from South ...

Police blocked major roads leading to Nairobi and heavily restricted vehicle traffic on Monday, Reuters witnesses and Kenyan ...

A migrant who is also a convicted paedophile will not be extradited until a judge receives assurances that his human rights ...

Human Rights Watch Submission to the United Nations Human Rights Committee During its Periodic Review of Vietnam under the ICCPR at its 144th Session.

Kenyan police fired tear gas and water cannon on protesters marking the 35th anniversary of a pro-democracy rally that has ...

The International Human Rights Observatory and B’nai B’rith Portugal on Monday honored the memory of Yonathan Netanyahu, the ...

CCHR says the troubled teen industry still endangers kids' lives, and tougher bans and oversight of both facilities and the ...

The constitution clearly defines the separation of powers, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Monday, when asked about calls to sack deputy attorney-general Savvas Angelides after ...

The June 23 airstrikes on Evin prison, including the hospital ward, have turned it from a hated symbol of oppression into a ...

Two weeks after the horrors of 7/7, there were four more attempted attacks. This time the devices failed to detonate properly ...