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Nicaragua announced on Thursday it would withdraw from the United Nations Human Rights Council, following a UN report that ...

The Founders’ definition of the term is ripe for revival.

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UN peacekeeping forces and Russian mercenaries are carrying out human rights violations in the Central African Republic, according to an investigator ...

An independent online news agency in Myanmar is alleging that one of its journalists arrested two years ago has been subjected to daily physical and mental abuse after exposing human rights violations ...

South Sudan stands at a precarious juncture as it enters another extended transitional period. The ongoing clashes between ...

The Taliban have threatened, assaulted and arbitrarily detained women and girls for not abiding by the prescribed dress code.

Social media needs regulation, not control, NHRC chair Magar says, at an interaction held to discuss proposed legal ...

Some released detainees have come back to find their homes destroyed and family members killed. Israel says it releases ...

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Israel has systematically targeted Palestinian healthcare workers in Gaza, arbitrarily detaining them without charge or access to legal counsel, and submitting them to torture and abuse, according to ...