The reduction in funding for Iranian groups, based largely outside Iran, is affecting the work of human rights monitors, news ...

The skirmishes along the Mediterranean coast were among the bloodiest since rebels ousted the dictator Bashar al-Assad and ...

From the United States to the Democratic Republic of Congo, women and girls’ rights have suffered serious setbacks. But despite the challenges, there also have been improvements and victories. Today, ...

The State Department says the United States and other countries made repeated offers to Thailand to resettle more than three ...

My name is Yalkun Uluyol. Thank you for inviting me to this important session of the cross-party parliamentary league for ...

A parliamentary human rights committee has recommended reforms to Australia's sanctions regime to make it easier for aid ...

Watchdog holds discussion on the contents of the bill while it is already in the finance ministry for consent.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deported Napolean Ahmed Mbonyunkiza, a 56-year-old Rwandan national convicted ...

The chief adviser said the elections would be held either in December, provided the political parties agreed to fewer reforms ...

More than 70 people were killed and dozens more wounded in Syria in fighting between government security forces and militants ...

Thirty years after world leaders adopted a historic blueprint to achieve gender equality, a new United Nations report says ...

Until 1902, non-indigenous women across the continent were not allowed to vote in federal elections. Indigenous women were ...