Human Rights / Civil Rights

By Isabella Ronca and Hedy Beloucif GDANSK, Poland (Reuters) - Thousands of Poles marched to demand an end to homophobia...

KYIV (Reuters) - A branch of Ukraine's Orthodox Church that remained loyal to Moscow after a 2019 schism has said...

By Stanley Widianto JAKARTA (Reuters) -Indonesia's plan to create new provinces in its impoverished eastern region of Papua has not...

(Reuters) - A ship has entered the Ukrainian port of Mariupol for the first time since Russia completed its capture...

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Viral videos of a 38-year-old Brazilian man being asphyxiated with gas in the trunk of police...

By Martin Quin Pollard BEIJING (Reuters) -When Shanghai began its draconian COVID-19 lockdown two months ago, the French restaurant where...

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - A report that some politicians in Sweden represent the Kurdistan Workers Party PKK, a Kurdish militant organisation...

GENEVA (Reuters) - More than 4,000 civilians have been killed in Ukraine since Russia's invasion began on Feb. 24, although...

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia's state-appointed human rights body called on Friday for the release of 16 journalists and media...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's new government said on Friday it would give temporary visas to a Sri Lankan asylum seeker...

By Karen Lema MANILA (Reuters) - Books about the late Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos and his brutal era of martial...

By Sofia Menchu GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei could still attend the Summit of the Americas next...

By Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration has not invited the governments of Venezuela and Nicaragua to the...

By Ali Sawafta RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - The Palestinian Authority said on Thursday its investigation into the killing of...

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday it has secured the forfeiture of a...

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

By Emma Farge, Jennifer Rigby and Mrinalika Roy GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization assembly passed a motion on...

By Nelson Acosta HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel said he would not attend the upcoming Summit of the...

GENEVA (Reuters) - A World Health Organization assembly on Thursday voted to adopt a Western-led resolution condemning Russia's actions in...

By Steve Scherer OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's delayed decision to ban Huawei Technologies Co 5G equipment is putting pressure on...