DR Congo requested the urgent meeting of the UN's top rights body to discuss escalating fighting by Rwanda-backed armed group ...

Rights groups, activists and independent media in Russia and Belarus endured increased government scrutiny, repressive laws and even were shut down and forced to operate from exile abroad ...

The office of Russia's Prosecutor General said on Friday it had designated The Barents Observer, a Norwegian media outlet, as an "undesirable organisation", a move which effectively bans it outright ...

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order imposing sanctions on the International Criminal Court over ...

Britain's Modern Slavery Act of 2015 forced large businesses to tackle slavery in their supply chains and strengthened ...

A mob in Bangladesh has demolished the Dhaka family home of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and properties owned by some ...

As a few hundred marchers gathered at the Vallejo waterfront on Wednesday afternoon, the message was clear. "The people united will never be divided," the people yelled in unison. In a display of ...

Lambda Legal and Human Rights Campaign, two leading LGBTQ+ advocacy groups, filed a federal lawsuit on Thursday challenging ...

Here, we explain the facts behind several more of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s claims during his two Senate hearings as nominee for Health and Human Services secretary.

From museums to statues and art galleries- encountering Black history in Greensboro is much easier, and much more common, than you may think.