Major powers, including allies, criticised the United States for its human rights record on Monday during a U.N. review, citing the use of the death penalty, police violence against African Americans ...

Hundreds of thousands of men, women and children with mental health conditions are living chained up in roughly 60 countries, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday.

Hauwa, a 25-year-old woman, was lying on the floor, shackled, and barely alive when Human Rights Watch found her in November ...

Egypt and Vietnam are on track to secure seats on the United Nations Human Rights Council despite being woefully unfit for ...

Free speech took center stage as advocates, lawyers and experts from around the world convened recently at Vanderbilty University in Nashville.

Homelessness is a human and societal failure that demands shared responsibility — not judgment. It reflects how easily we ...

The volume and frequency of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement deportation flights from Richmond International Airport ...

GENEVA (AP) — A U.N. expert monitoring human rights in Russia said Monday that “repression is escalating,” targeting civilians, journalists and even Ukrainian prisoners of war in an attempt to silence ...

Amnesty International has issued a call for the data analytics companies Palantir and Babel Street to “immediately cease their work with the US administration related to immigration enforcement.” ...

With her rallying cry for gender equality turning 30 this year, Mrs. Clinton says President Trump and autocratic leaders abroad are steadily dismantling decades of progress. By Lisa Lerer Three ...

There’s a new organic compost on the market in New Jersey — human. No, this is not a scene from “The Sopranos.” Gov. Phil Murphy recently signed a bill making New Jersey the 14th state to legalize ...

A traveler passing through customs at a Florida airport was caught with suspected human bones wrapped in tinfoil that they claimed to use for “rituals.” The passenger with the macabre merchandise ...