Human Rights / Civil Rights

DOUALA (Reuters) - Two transgender women in Cameroon convicted in May of "attempted homosexuality" were ordered released from prison on...

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The head of the U.N. children's agency, UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore, plans to step down...

By Laura Gottesdiener NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico (Reuters) - The Mexican Navy offered a rare public apology on Tuesday for its...

By Ayenat Mersie and Maggie Fick NAIROBI (Reuters) - Forces in Ethiopia's Tigray pushed deeper into land claimed by neighbouring...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Scuffles broke out in Georgia's parliament on Monday as journalists and opposition politicians tried to enter the...

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran said on Tuesday it was holding talks on prisoner exchanges with the United States aimed at...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China said on Tuesday it opposed the United States interfering in its internal affairs, in response to...

By Michael Holden and Mitch Phillips LONDON (Reuters) -Black players in the England soccer team have been subjected to a...

By Daphne Psaledakis and Doyinsola Oladipo (Reuters) - The United States is gravely concerned about reports of hostilities in Ethiopia's...

By Jeff Mason and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden said on Monday the United States supports the people...

By Robin Emmott, Sabine Siebold and Andrius Sytas BRUSSELS/VYDENIAI, Lithuania (Reuters) -Lithuania's foreign minister and the EU's top diplomat accused...

(Reuters) - Myanmar's military authorities pledged on Monday to ramp up oxygen supplies to help treat COVID-19 patients, as residents...

By Kate Chappell KINGSTON (Reuters) - Jamaica plans to ask Britain for compensation for the Atlantic slave trade in the...

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's parliament on Monday approved legal amendments expanding the government's ability to sack civil servants with suspected...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The top EU rights official expressed concern on Monday over curbs on media freedom in Poland where...

By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) - U.S. humanitarian aid is a "sinister political scheme" to put pressure on other countries,...

WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) -A team of U.S. security and law enforcement experts is traveling to Haiti to determine what assistance...

By Gabriela Baczynska BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Polish news station TVN24 is in breach of foreign ownership rules for media firms, the...

TBILISI (Reuters) -A cameraman, one of several journalists beaten during attacks on LGBT+ activists in Tbilisi this week, has been...

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's Supreme Court on Sunday ruled that current legal restrictions barring same-sex couples from becoming parents through...