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Beijing has hit back at a US lawmaker’s criticism of coffee chain Starbucks for opening its first stores in Xinjiang, rejecting the allegation that China has committed human rights abuses against the far-western region’s mostly Muslim Uygur population. Foreign ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun on Saturday said claims of “genocide” in Xinjiang were a “blatant lie” and accused the “US group” who raised the suggestions of attacking Beijing for political purposes. “Today’s Xinjiang enjoys social...

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and UN experts on Nicaragua urged OAS foreign ministers to put rights and democracy at the centre of their 2 October meeting. Only seven ministers confirmed attendance. The post Rights Experts Urge Firm OAS Action on Nicaragua appeared first on The Rio Times.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Congress on 21 September 2026 that human-rights conditions on US$320 million of Egypt's military aid are waived. The post US Waives Rights Rules on US$320m Egypt Military Aid appeared first on The Rio Times.

Human rights organisations accused Algiers of using the law to target political opposition groups.

Margaret Owen OBE, a celebrated human rights lawyer and friend of Ed Miliband’s late mother, talks to Al Jazeera.

Tunisian President Kais Saied on Wednesday softened a cybercrime decree that was widely criticised by rights groups, by scrapping a five-year prison sentence for the dissemination of "fake news"

“Legislative privileges and fundamental rights do not operate in separate, watertight compartments, but must be read together, harmoniously, to give full effect to the constitutional scheme of democratic governance,” the application submitted

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced new measures to combat femicide and gender-based violence.

Human rights groups say some 5,000 returnees could face violence, persecution and forced conscription.

A new anti-conversion law in Maharashtra is raising questions about faith, choice and freedom.

A slew of dissidents being released from long-term detention comes days after the nation's interim leader met the US president.

The action by Chairperson Justice Alexander Thomas follows a complaint filed by social activist P.K. Raju, based on media reports

The Nicaraguan government is responsible for at least eight deaths in custody since it began its crackdown on dissent and assault of democratic institutions in 2018, UN experts said Tuesday. The report from the UN Group of Human Rights Experts on Nicaragua was the latest condemnation of the government of married co-Presidents Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, which has crushed dissent since 2018 mass protests and recently cancelled elections. “A State that resorts to enforced disappearance and...

The activist, Harshada, is a volunteer associated with the citizens’ group Indian People in Solidarity with Palestine.

August 2026 has been a particularly tragic month for women in Cameroon, as eight cases of femicides were recorded in eight days. These figures add to the sixty or so cases already recorded since the start of the year by the Ministry of Women's Empowerment and the Family. On the ground, associations are mobilising to provide legal and psychological support to families in a country where a complaint of domestic violence rarely leads to a conviction. Indira Ayuk, Richard and Giresse Ngaana report from Yaoundé.

In a letter to Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu, party State secretary urges the government to consider issues concerning such detainees in the light of justice, human rights and constitutional values

Iranian authorities committed crimes against humanity in the crackdown on 2022 protests that left hundreds dead, Amnesty International said Wednesday, adding Tehran's suppression of new demonstrations this year bore the "same hallmarks" but on an even wider scale. FRANCE 24's Mark Owen speaks with Amnesty International Iran Researcher Raha Bahreini. She calls for the establishment of an international criminal justice mechanism to prosecute those responsible for the crimes.

Eight members of Turkish LGBTQ+ ⁠rights group ​Kaos GL were jailed pending trial on Tuesday as part of a national operation the government ​says is protecting family values and children, but which rights groups say targets fundamental rights.

Wildlife movement routes and conflict-prone hotspots should be mapped and kept under continuous surveillance, according to Kerala State Human Rights Commission’s latest order

Turkish authorities on Sunday launched raids on gay bars, nightclubs, LGBTQ association offices and activists' homes in a sweeping crackdown in several cities as part of the government's "My Family is Safe" operations, Turkey's justice minister said. More than 60 people were arrested, according to the state news agency, in raids condemned by human rights groups.

Israeli human rights group B’Tselem details five mechanisms used by Israel to dismantle Palestinian collective life.

Turkish police on Sunday arrested at least 60 people in mass raids on gay bars and the homes of LGBTQ activists, in what authorities said was an operation aimed at boosting traditional family values. The raids sparked condemnation from rights groups and opposition parties, as well as the European Union parliament's rapporteur on Turkey. France 24’s Jasper Mortimer has the latest.

Turkish authorities on Sunday launched raids on gay bars, nightclubs, LGBTQ association offices and activists' homes in a sweeping crackdown in several cities as part of the government's "My Family is Safe" operations, Turkey's justice minister said. More than 60 people were arrested, according to the state news agency, in raids condemned by human rights groups.

Human rights groups in Turkey have accused the government of using a family- values campaign to target the LGBTQ+ community.

The French UN mission said it regretted an online post criticising how the United States voted during a UN General Assembly meeting, with US officials saying on Saturday that Washington appreciated the statement. France’s permanent mission to the UN published the apology on Friday, saying it regretted a social media post criticising the US’ commitment to human rights. “France and the United States recently took different positions on a vote at the United Nations General Assembly. This difference...

When Hong Kong’s Legislative Council vetoed a government bill that would have granted limited recognition to the city’s same-sex couples, 51-year-old Isaac Yick said he was “disappointed but not surprised”. Yick was born and raised in Hong Kong before moving to Canada, where he eventually met and married his husband. They returned to the city together in 2013. He said there was initially a sense that things were changing for the LGBTQ community in the city, citing victories in court that...

Hong Kong jails Tiananmen vigil activists for seven years

The commission registered a suo motu case following a detailed report in The Hindu on the tribal families living in plastic tents since the August 2019 floods destroyed their homes

The events of September 11, 2001 spawned a new lexicon which effectively sanitised the erosion of human rights.

On September 4, 2026, the United Nations General Assembly declared November 27 as the International Day for the Elimination of Child, Early and Forced Marriage. Child rights activists weigh in on what it takes, particularly in the online space, to counter the evil of child marriage