Human rights campaigners on Thursday paid tribute to an Iranian activist who killed himself hours after warning he would do so if four inmates seen to be political prisoners were not freed.

As representatives from nearly 200 countries, along with hundreds of journalists, arrived in Azerbaijan in November for the U ...

Human rights groups in South Korea will issue a joint open letter urging North Korean troops deployed in Russia not to ...

Israel says 15 trucks carrying aid have been allowed into northern Gaza, where aid groups have warned that a monthlong ...

Bahrain rejects as "baseless" a letter from three activists accusing it of mistreating detainees.

Kianoosh Sanjari was an outspoken critic of Iran's leaders and had demanded the release of political prisoners.

Legislators from Mexico’s ruling party have reelected the head of the National Human Rights Commission despite widespread ...

In a statement, the plaintiffs' lawyers said the lawsuit's objective is to protect the young "from the dangerous and negative ...

Human rights activists say imprisoned Belarusian opposition figure Maria Kolesnikova has resurfaced after more than 20 months ...

Religious life — particularly for faith communities that teach deep convictions but also help give us psychological and ...

A prominent Iranian American human rights activist has expressed shock but also defiance about Iranian murder-for-hire plots ...