Human Rights / Civil Rights

By James Pomfret HONG KONG (Reuters) -The trial of the first person charged under Hong Kong's national security law wrapped...

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's inner circle, politicians from every party, dissidents and journalists were...

By Alexander Winning and Wendell Roelf JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -Former South African president Jacob Zuma, whose jailing earlier this month triggered...

JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel's Defence Ministry said on Monday that the export of cyber products, like spyware sold by NSO Group,...

By Andrius Sytas and Janis Laizans DRUSKININKAI, Lithuania (Reuters) -European Union border agency Frontex will deploy 60 border guards with...

CASABLANCA (Reuters) -A Moroccan court on Monday jailed dissident reporter Omar Radi for six years on sexual assault and espionage...

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish security forces have detained nearly 1,500 irregular migrants in the last week, most of them Afghans,...

(Corrects grammar in headline) PARIS (Reuters) -French president Emmanuel Macron on Monday awarded U.S. civil rights leader Reverend Jesse Jackson...

(Reuters) -Anti-coup protesters in Myanmar held demonstrations on Monday to coincide with a public holiday to commemorate slain independence heroes,...

By Cassandra Garrison and Nelson Renteria CHALCHUAPA, El Salvador (Reuters) - Neighbors knew something was wrong in that squat green...

CAIRO (Reuters) -Several prominent Egyptian activists and journalists were released from custody on Sunday following months of detention on charges...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - An association of human rights lawyers linked to jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny's group has suspended work...

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish authorities have detained 133 undocumented migrants, most of them Afghans, near its southern border with Iran...

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey on Sunday slammed a ruling by a top European Union court allowing the banning of headscarves...

PARIS (Reuters) -More than a hundred thousand people marched across France on Saturday to protest against President Emmanuel Macron's plans...

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan opposition activist and former mayor Emilio Grateron has taken refuge in the Chilean diplomatic residence in...

DOUALA (Reuters) - The five months that two transgender women in Cameroon spent in prison were "hell", one of them...

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The Mexican government regrets the decision by a U.S. judge that the Deferred Action for Childhood...

By Michael Martina and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States imposed sanctions on Friday on seven Chinese officials over...

By Mana Rabiee (Reuters) - "Cuba Libre" was painted in giant block letters on the street directly in front of...