Fundamental Rights / Civil Liberties

BAUCHI/MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) -Suspected Islamist militants killed 18 people when they attacked a village in northeast Nigeria on Wednesday, two...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Taliban fighters in northern Afghanistan last month evicted families and looted and torched their homes in apparent...

KADUNA, Nigeria (Reuters) - Kidnappers who abducted more than 100 students from a boarding school in Nigeria's Kaduna state warned...

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Ahmed Jibril, whose Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine - General Command was one of the...

By Andrius Sytas KALVIAI, Lithuania (Reuters) - Lithuania on Wednesday accused Belarus of flying in migrants from abroad to send...

(Reuters) - The farming town of Depayin joined Myanmar's list of shattered communities when the army moved in to crush...

By Gabriela Baczynska and Robin Emmott BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Hungary on Wednesday rejected a demand from the European Commission and many...

By Julia Symmes Cobb BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's government must hold genuine dialogue with civil society and ensure punishment for...

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey is considering agreeing to a visit by a Lithuanian delegation in the coming weeks to hold...

By Andrius Sytas VILNIUS (Reuters) - Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis said on Wednesday that he had asked his Turkish...

DUBAI (Reuters) - Kuwaiti authorities arrested a political activist and prominent poet over tweets criticising the government, his family said...

By Ayhan Uyanik and Riham Alkousaa MUNICH (Reuters) -As the first transgender candidate for Germany's parliament, Tessa Ganserer doesn't mince...

KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine's government will propose on Wednesday to introduce personal sanctions against Belarusian officials involved in "falsifying" the...

TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada has been rocked by the disclosures of more than 1,000 unmarked graves at the sites of...

BAMAKO (Reuters) - Malian authorities have sought an international arrest warrant for the son of ousted President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita,...

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's human rights commission (CNDH) has accused migration authorities of keeping nearly 90 people in overcrowded...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government on Tuesday extended Yemeni eligibility for a humanitarian program that grants deportation relief and...

(Corrects how Hakiki identifies and makes clear references are to the broader LGBT+ rather than transgender community) By Ece Toksabay...

PARIS (Reuters) - A French court has ordered Twitter to provide clear details on what it is doing to tackle...

HONG KONG (Reuters) - The Hong Kong government said on Tuesday proposed amendments to the city's privacy law only concern...