A global human rights watchdog is urging the United States and other governments to bolster their support for people seeking ...

State officials have detained thousands of Muslims and demolished homes, and activists say that right-wing Hindus are ...

Indonesia’s national human rights commission has found a slew of legal and rights violations in a government-backed project ...

They dumped his body on his family’s doorstep. Twenty-two-year-old Odai Nasser al-Rubai was tortured and murdered — his face ...

A team at the University of Zurich created AI personas claiming to be trauma counselors and political activists. It didn't go ...

Speaking to NPR in his first media interview since his detention, lawful permanent U.S. resident Mohsen Mahdawi finds peace ...

Disability Rights Arkansas will have to pause most of its operations next month if federal agencies don't release certain ...

Pope Francis' humble character and advocacy for justice earned him many admirers, including those who fight for safe and ...

The ministers said such sanctions have "far-reaching implications for the human rights, including the right to development, of the general population of targeted states, disproportionally affecting th ...

Of the 32 US states that forcibly sterilized people in the 20th century under the influence of eugenics, only three have ...

In an effort to annihilate independent activism, Azerbaijani authorities have reopened a 2014 criminal investigation that led ...

The Trump administration currently has plans to eliminate the 988 suicide and crisis prevention hotline, which specifically serves members of the LGBTQ+ community.