It is the latest batch of detainees freed since the US seized Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in a raid.

A Pakistani court on Saturday convicted a human rights activist and lawyer, Imaan Mazari and her husband on charges of ...

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

A Pakistani court on Saturday sentenced two human rights lawyers to 17 years in prison each over social media posts the ...

Iranian state TV has issued the first official death toll from recent protests, saying 3,117 people were killed, while the ...

European activists explain their stance against U.S. immigration laws. “We support human rights, and the U.S. is breaking them,” they say, emphasizing the moral argument behind their protest. This ...

Africans everywhere should show interest in the outcome of the African Union’s elections for its human rights institutions.

By Olivia Le Poidevin and Emma Farge GENEVA, Jan 20 (Reuters) - The U.N. Human Rights Council will hold an emergency session ...

A U.S.-based activist agency said Sunday it has verified at least 3,919 deaths during a wave of protests that swept Iran and ...

A Pakistani court on Saturday jailed a prominent rights activist and her husband for 10 years over "anti-state" social media ...