Fundamental Rights / Civil Liberties

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Security forces fanned out across a wide swathe of central Khartoum on Thursday, a Reuters reporter witnessed,...

KABUL (Reuters) - The United Nations rights envoy in Afghanistan said on Thursday the country faces "severe" human rights challenges...

By Andrius Sytas VILNIUS (Reuters) - Lithuania's parliament on Thursday voted to accept a draft bill legalizing same-sex civil partnerships...

By Allison Lampert MONTREAL (Reuters) - A sweeping law adopted by Quebec on Tuesday to promote French usage is elevating...

TUNIS (Reuters) - The head of a committee tasked to prepare Tunisia's new constitution said on Wednesday he would go...

BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany is concerned about the human rights situation in China's Xinjiang region, a government spokesperson said on Wednesday,...

By Jan Strupczewski BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission proposed on Wednesday to make breaking European Union sanctions against Russia...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It was a mistake for the United Nations human rights chief to agree to visit China, the...

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations Security Council on Tuesday called on Taliban authorities in Afghanistan...

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's Cardinal Joseph Zen - in his first public remarks since he was arrested in...

By Francesco Guarascio and Jan Strupczewski BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission wants to make it easier to confiscate assets...

By Joanna Plucinska and Michael Kahn RZESZOW, Poland/PRAGUE (Reuters) - When Ukrainians started streaming across the border after Russia invaded...

By Daniel Becerril and Lizbeth Diaz REYNOSA (Reuters) - Migrants across northern Mexico voiced frustration and desperation on Monday, after...

By Yew Lun Tian and Emma Farge BEIJING/GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet...

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanese security forces, after elections last week, on Monday began removing concrete barriers and easing security measures...

By Michel Rose and Tassilo Hummel PARIS (Reuters) -France's new government will speed up work on a bill to help...

BERLIN (Reuters) - More than 6.5 million people have fled Ukraine since Russia's invasion in late February, the U.N. refugee...

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia summoned Britain's ambassador on Monday to explain the raising of a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender...

GENEVA (Reuters) - More than 100 million people have been driven from their homes around the world, the U.N. refugee...

NAIROBI (Reuters) -Authorities in Ethiopia's northern Amhara region have arrested four employees of a U.S.-based online media outlet, while the...