Militias allied with Burkina Faso's military junta have been linked to a "gruesome" massacre western Burkina Faso that left ...

The cuts have shocked pro-democracy groups that monitor prisoners in Cuba, which have been the sole providers of information ...

Hundreds of people have been killed amid armed clashes in Syria, with many of those deaths filmed and published on the ...

Drawing on data from the CIVICUS Monitor Watchlist, Newsweek has created this map to show countries on the Human Rights ...

Panama has released dozens of migrants deported from the United States who were held for weeks in a remote camp on the ...

Williams, a former New Zealand diplomat, addresses Facebook’s impact on democracy during a crucial period in the company's ...

Other countries on the watchlist include the Democratic Republic of Congo, Italy, Pakistan, and Serbia.

Human rights activist Ribal al-Assad condemned European countries for lifting sanctions on Syria's new "terrorist" regime that is "killing civilians." ...

Human Rights Watch welcomes the opportunity to provide information to the Special Rapporteur on toxics and human rights on ...

After months of legal and political wrangling, an amendment to Iraq's Personal Status Law that entered into force on February ...

Palestinians have described alleged abuses by Israeli forces and settlers to independent U.N.-backed human rights ...

Illinois agencies remind officials to respect homeless rights after a Supreme Court opinion on public property use.