Fundamental Rights / Civil Liberties

TUNIS (Reuters) -Tunisian military judge ordered on Wednesday the imprisonment of Abd Errazak Kilani, a lawyer and prominent opponent of...

By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A new U.S. federal "KleptoCapture" task force will work to further strain the finances...

By Riham Alkousaa BERLIN (Reuters) -Two Afghan brothers suspected of killing their sister for adopting a Western lifestyle went on...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan is ready to take in Ukrainians fleeing Russia's invasion, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Wednesday, adding...

BUCHAREST (Reuters) - More than 113,000 Ukrainians have fled to Romania in the first six days since Russia invaded Ukraine...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Commission on Wednesday proposed granting automatic temporary protection for up to three years to people fleeing...

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia has dismissed a call by United Nations human rights experts for independent investigations into reports of...

By Greg Torode and James Pomfret HONG KONG (Reuters) -A British human rights lawyer and former head of Hong Kong's...

LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigeria's Senate on Tuesday voted to reject changes to the constitution to allow citizens living abroad to...

DAKAR (Reuters) - The African Union (AU) said on Monday that it was disturbed by reports that African citizens in...

BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz spoke to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy about Russia's invasion of his country on...

BERLIN (Reuters) - A German court ruled on Tuesday against a new law that obliges social media firms to block...

By Alan Charlish WARSAW (Reuters) - Western powers must enforce a no-fly zone over Ukraine to stop an unfolding humanitarian...

NAIROBI (Reuters) - At least 440 people were killed in violence between warring parties in the South Sudanese county of...

By Anthony Deutsch and Toby Sterling AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -The office of the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court on Monday...

TUNIS (Reuters) -At least nine African migrants drowned in a shipwreck off Tunisia as they tried to cross the Mediterranean...

By Gavin Jones ROME (Reuters) -Italy said on Monday it would provide Ukraine with weapons and offered help to its...

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will lead international efforts to see Russia suspended from the global police agency Interpol, interior minister...

HONG KONG/MANILA (Reuters) -A rapid spread in COVID-19 cases in Hong Kong has cast a spotlight on the plight of...

PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech Republic will send 50 police to Slovakia's border with Ukraine to help register refugees fleeing...