Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, under sanctions for human rights abuses, has sworn in 30,000 hooded civilians as a "volunteer police" force the opposition fears will be used as a tool of political ...

Authorities “failed” a British woman who alleged she was gang raped by Israeli tourists in Cyprus, the European Court of ...

Plan called upon every organization in town, “from the Chamber of Commerce to the Cub Scouts,” to come up with “one project, ...

WASHINGTON — The National Academy of Sciences is presenting its 2025 Public Welfare Medal to Mary-Claire King for her ...

The fighting has taken more than 40,000 lives over the past four decades. The group’s leader is now calling for its fighters to put down their arms.

Rights groups criticized the Thai government for sending the Uyghurs, a persecuted Muslim minority, back to China, where they ...

The U.N. human rights chief warned of the risk of a further escalation of the war in Sudan on Thursday and said that there ...

Cyprus’ law enforcement authorities failed to live up to their obligation to thoroughly and effectively investigate a British ...

Thai lawmakers, activists, and lawyers believe a group of Uyghur men detained in Thailand for more than a decade may have ...

Rights advocates had said the Uyghurs, a persecuted Muslim minority in China, were “at real risk” of torture, imprisonment or even death if they were returned.

Following Trump's lead, organizations including Walmart, Lowe’s and Meta have announced they would scale back their ...

The Chinese embassy in Thailand has confirmed that a group of Uyghur men detained in Thailand for more than a decade have been deported to China ...