The organization also cited the “violent repression and arbitrary arrest” of journalists as contributing to their rating for ...

In upholding domestic restrictions on such speech, the ECtHR equated insult, defamation and ridicule with hate speech that falls outside the protection of Article 10 of the European Convention on ...

Human eggs are some of the most patient cells in the body, lying dormant for decades until needed. A study published today in The EMBO Journal shows that the cells deliberately slow the activity ...

El Salvador's top human rights organization, Cristosal, says it is leaving the country after harassment and legal threats by the government of President Nayib Bukele.

The National Urban League has declared a “state of emergency” over civil rights policies in response to the Trump administration. In its annual State of Black America report that was released ...

Three independent experts working for the U.N.'s top human rights body who focus on Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories have announced their resignations, citing personal reasons and a ...

Organizations that support environmental defenders have criticized the slow response and lack of action from the Intersectoral Mechanism for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders.

HAVANA (AP) — The U.S. government announced Friday it was sanctioning Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel and other top officials for human rights violations and restricting access to visas on the ...

The U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division on Thursday launched an investigation into the state of Minnesota following a new Department of Human Services policy that calls for ...