Fundamental Rights / Civil Liberties

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's High Court on Friday said it had suspended the extradition of former Venezuelan spymaster Hugo Carvajal...

GENEVA (Reuters) - The U.N. rights office said on Friday that it had confirmed 1,081 civilian deaths and 1,707 injuries...

By Greg Torode HONG KONG (Reuters) -Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam rejected a Bar Association nominee to a discreet panel...

By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration on Thursday rolled out a sweeping new regulation that aims to...

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - A protester was shot and killed in the Sudanese city of Madani on Thursday, medics said, as...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Leaders of the Group of Seven industrialized nations warned Russia not to use biological, chemical or nuclear...

(Reuters) - Myanmar's junta chief created a special command a day after last year's coup that was solely responsible for...

By Elias Biryabarema KAMPALA (Reuters) - A Ugandan court on Wednesday issued an arrest warrant for an international award-winning author...

DUBAI (Reuters) -Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said on Wednesday that the Islamic Republic and world powers are closer than...

By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Wednesday said the war in Ukraine showed that humanity had...

BERLIN (Reuters) - German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said on Wednesday that after delays in deliveries, further supplies of Strela...

BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz warned Russian President Vladimir Putin in direct talks not to use biological or...

(Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Wednesday that it was vital to apply a new law which could see journalists...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Nearly 239,000 refugees from Ukraine have been recorded in Germany so far, the German Interior Ministry said....

BERLIN (Reuters) - The European Union must support the Western Balkan countries in their bid to join the bloc as...

HANOI (Reuters) - A Vietnamese court jailed a prominent social commentator for five years on Wednesday for anti-state activities, his...

By Ted Hesson and Kristina Cooke WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration plans to launch an effort this week to...

(Reuters) - A Russian court found jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny guilty of large-scale fraud and contempt of court on...

GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Guatemala's migration institute said on Tuesday it found two boats transporting 50 Cuban migrants and two...

By Elias Biryabarema KAMPALA (Reuters) - Ronald Ssegawa said Ugandan security agents pulled him off the streets in January last...