Two independent UN human rights experts have called on Sweden’s government to refuse a licence to industrial backers of a planned iron-ore mine that...
Russia’s Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that one of the country’s oldest and most prominent human rights organisations should be shut down.
The move stirred...
The UN human rights chief says her office has received credible allegations of reprisal killings by the Taliban of former Afghan security forces, as...
Artillery shells fired from government areas have hit a hospital in a rebel-controlled town in north-western Syria, killing at least five civilians and wounding...
Security forces in Myanmar dramatically escalated their crackdown on demonstrations against last month’s coup, killing at least 34 protesters in several cities on Wednesday,...
JK Rowling has come out in support of a researcher who was sacked after tweeting that transgender people cannot change their biological sex.
Maya Forstater...
America has ranked near Saudi Arabia and Russia in an international poll of countries which use their global influence for bad purposes.
The Ipsos Mori...