By Emma Farge and Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA, Jan 23 (Reuters) - The U.N. Human Rights Council will hold an emergency session on Friday to discuss the "alarming violence" used in Iran against ...

(Bishkek) – The trial of a Kyrgyz human rights defender who published a letter from a political activist on her Facebook page is scheduled to start on August 15, 2025, Human Rights Watch said today.

Philippe Sands, one of the world’s pre-eminent human rights attorneys, grew up in the shadow of bleak times. He worries that ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A lawyer who accused an Alabama coal company of human-rights abuses in Colombia was hit with a $256 ...

ADF’s legal brief stressed that the European Court’s case law grants states a wide margin of appreciation in matters of religion in public life, arguing that a religious image alone does not restrict ...

The court is scheduled to deliver its verdict on Feb 19, bringing to a close one of the most consequential trials in South ...

As Bangladesh heads to the polls, human rights must come first - COMMENT: Bangladesh has a rare opportunity to choose a path that shuns the abuses of previous administrations, John Quinley and Benedic ...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WFSB) - A new exhibit at the New Haven Museum offers a fresh perspective on the Amistad revolt of 1839, which officials say led to the first human rights trial in the United States ...