Human Rights / Civil Rights
Spain says non-consensual sex is rape, toughens sexual violence laws
By Belén Carreño and Nathan Allen MADRID (Reuters) - The Spanish government approved a law on Tuesday to define all...
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Tigray rebel chief calls for political solution to conflict in Ethiopia
By Maggie Fick NAIROBI (Reuters) - The commander of rebel forces in Tigray on Tuesday called for a negotiated ceasefire...
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German, Chinese defence ministers discuss South China Sea in call – statement
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer discussed the situation in the South China Sea with her Chinese counterpart...
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HK leader says ‘ideologies’ pose security risk, teenagers need to be monitored
By Sharon Abratique and Jessie Pang HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Tuesday "ideologies" posed...
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Dutch court upholds populist Wilders’ discrimination conviction
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -The Dutch Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld politician Geert Wilders' conviction for discrimination after he insulted Moroccans at...
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Philippines retrieves black boxes from crashed military plane
By Karen Lema MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine authorities have retrieved both the flight data and cockpit voice recorders from an...
Read moreHK activist returned from Chinese jail pleads guilty to attempted arson
By Sharon Abratique HONG KONG (Reuters) - One of the Hong Kong democracy activists who was returned from a Chinese...
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Protests in Spain against suspected LGBT hate crime
BARCELONA (Reuters) - People took to the streets of Spain's biggest cities on Monday evening to express their anger at...
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LGBT+ campaigners in Georgia call off pride march after office attack
MOSCOW (Reuters) - LGBT+ campaigners in Georgia called off a pride march on Monday after violent groups opposed to the...
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Restriction of civic space in Venezuela is worrying, says U.N. human rights chief
CARACAS (Reuters) - Restrictions on civic space in Venezuela remain a cause for concern, U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights...
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EU condemns Belarus ‘pressuring’ Lithuania with migrants: Michel
(Corrects in 5th paragraph that Michel said he'd speak with Iraqi president, not PM, next week) By Andrius Sytas VILNIUS...
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Russian food retailer apologises for ad that included lesbians
By Alexander Marrow MOSCOW (Reuters) - A high-end Russian food retailer has angered both gay rights campaigners and opponents by...
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Myanmar rights violations under scrutiny from new task force
(Reuters) - A new task force was launched on Monday to investigate evidence of human rights violations in Myanmar more...
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U.N. envoy tells Belarus to free political prisoners as U.S hints at sanctions
GENEVA (Reuters) -The U.N. Special Rapporteur told Belarus on Monday to immediately free some 530 jailed people whom rights groups...
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Philippines orders probe after worst military accident in 3 decades
By Karen Lema and Enrico Dela Cruz MANILA (Reuters) -Philippine authorities ordered an investigation on Monday into the crash of...
Read moreU.N. envoy compares Belarus to ‘totalitarian’ state
GENEVA (Reuters) - The forced grounding of a passenger plane in Minsk shows the Belarussian government's wish to end all...
Read moreU.N. envoy calls for immediate release of Belarus political prisoners
GENEVA (Reuters) - Some 530 people considered by rights groups to be political prisoners in Belarus should be immediately released,...
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MSF denounces seizure of migrant rescue vessel in Italy
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -French medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres said on Monday an MSF vessel that rescued hundreds...
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Peru’s indigenous hope for a voice, at last, under new president
By Stefanie Eschenbacher and Angela Ponce CARATA, Peru (Reuters) - Maxima Ccalla, 60, an indigenous Quechua woman, has spent her...
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Mapuche woman picked to lead architects of Chile’s new constitution
By Aislinn Laing SANTIAGO (Reuters) -Delegates chose a woman on Sunday from Chile's majority indigenous Mapuche people to lead them...
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