Fundamental Rights / Civil Liberties
Ukrainians arriving at Mexico-U.S. border doubles in less than a week, officials say
By Jorge Nieto and Lizbeth Diaz TIJUANA, Mexico (Reuters) - The number of Ukrainians arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border to...
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U.N. suspends Russia from human rights body, Moscow then quits
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -The United Nations General Assembly on Thursday suspended Russia from the U.N. Human Rights...
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UN General Assembly suspends Russia from human rights body
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations General Assembly voted to suspend Russia from the Geneva-based Human Rights Council on...
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Turkey’s Cavusoglu says Blinken invited him for first talks in three years
ANKARA (Reuters) -Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Thursday his U.S. counterpart Antony Blinken invited him for talks on...
Read moreSwiss have frozen $8 billion in assets under Russia sanctions
ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland has so far frozen some 7.5 billion Swiss francs ($8.03 billion) in funds and assets under...
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Greece seeks war crimes probe in besieged Ukrainian port of Mariupol
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece will ask the International Criminal Court to investigate alleged war crimes in the Russian-besieged Ukrainian city...
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Fasting protesters defy military rule in massive Sudan marches
KHARTOUM (Reuters) -Despite high temperatures, tear gas, and a Ramadan fast, tens of thousands of Sudanese protesters marched in the...
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Parents of U.S. ex-Marine jailed in Russia worried ‘something terrible’ happened to him
By Kanishka Singh and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The parents of Trevor Reed, a former U.S. Marine jailed in...
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UK cancels global LGBT+ conference over trans conversion therapy dispute
By Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters) -Britain abandoned on Wednesday plans to hold a flagship conference designed to promote LGBT+ rights...
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Rights groups accuse Ethiopian regional forces of ethnic cleansing in Tigray
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) -Two leading human rights groups on Wednesday accused armed forces from Ethiopia's Amhara region of waging a...
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Russia threatens states with consequences over U.N. vote on Human Rights Council
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -Russia has warned countries at the United Nations that a yes vote or abstention...
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U.S. prosecutors working with Europeans to collect war crimes evidence in Ukraine -Garland
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. prosecutors are working with their European and Ukrainian counterparts to help collect evidence...
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Analysis-Chile’s bid to replace Pinochet-era constitution at risk of failure
By Alexander Villegas and Natalia A. Ramos Miranda SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Javier Alonso, a Chilean telecoms worker, voted in 2020...
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Malta resists EU pressure to stop selling citizenship
VALLETTA (Reuters) - Malta rebuffed EU calls to stop selling citizenship on Wednesday, telling the European Commission that the granting...
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Hong Kong deputy chief says he plans to run for city’s top job
By Clare Jim and Twinnie Siu HONG KONG (Reuters) -Hong Kong Chief Secretary John Lee, a security official during the...
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Alleged Janjaweed leader denies Darfur atrocities at war crimes court
THE HAGUE (Reuters) -A man accused of leading Sudan's feared Janjaweed militia pleaded not guilty to dozens of war crimes...
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Germany will do everything it can to support Ukraine -Scholz
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called on Wednesday on Russian President Vladimir Putin to immediately end his "destructive...
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In stunning reversal, protests leave Sri Lanka’s ruling dynasty teetering
By Devjyot Ghoshal and Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) - In 2020, Mahinda Rajapaksa won elections to become Sri Lanka's prime...
Read moreU.S. consulate staff in China help Marines running low on rations
By Engen Tham SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Generous colleagues helped out seven U.S. Marines at the U.S. consulate in Shanghai who...
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Indonesia jails senior member of Islamist group on militancy charges
JAKARTA (Reuters) - An Indonesian court on Wednesday sentenced a senior member of an outlawed hardline Islamist group to three...
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