Human Rights / Civil Rights
Explainer-Why African nations’ support for UN action on Russia/Ukraine is so mixed
By Tim Cocks JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Western powers seeking to isolate Russia over Ukraine are disappointed at what they see...
Read moreVenezuelans lead growing number of migrants crossing Panama’s dangerous Darien
By Elida Moreno PANAMA CITY (Reuters) - The number of migrants crossing the treacherous Darien Gap linking Colombia and Panama...
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Egypt human rights council tracking probe into researcher’s death
CAIRO (Reuters) -Egypt's state-appointed human rights council has urged prosecutors to investigate whether an economic researcher who authorities say died...
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Biden stands by ‘genocide’ remark: ‘sure seems that way to me’
DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday stood by his characterization of Russia's actions in Ukraine...
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French forensic experts in Bucha to help Ukraine investigate possible war crimes
By Alessandra Prentice BUCHA, Ukraine (Reuters) - French forensic experts have arrived in Bucha near Kyiv to help Ukraine authorities...
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Putin’s top ally in Ukraine arrested, say authorities
By Maria Starkova LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) - Ukraine on Tuesday said it arrested the Kremlin's most prominent ally in the...
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U.S. cannot confirm use of chemical weapons in Ukraine, Blinken says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States is not in position to confirm reports of the use of chemical weapons in Ukraine...
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U.S. not able to confirm reports of use of chemical weapons in Ukraine -Blinken
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday said the United States is not in a position...
Read moreTwo dead in clash between Yanomamis on reservation invaded by gold miners
BRASILIA (Reuters) - An indigenous group armed by illegal gold miners attacked a Yanomami village on their vast reservation in...
Read moreRussian court sentences journalists to corrective labour for protest violations
(Reuters) - Four journalists who worked for a Moscow student magazine were sentenced to two years of corrective labour by...
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Russian court dismisses appeal of jailed former U.S. Marine Trevor Reed
(Reuters) - A Moscow court declined on Tuesday to rule on an appeal from a jailed former U.S. marine, who...
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What are chemical weapons and are they illegal?
(Fixes headline) By Anthony Deutsch AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has expressed concern that Russia could deploy chemical...
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Indonesia’s parliament passes landmark bill on sexual violence
By Stanley Widianto JAKARTA (Reuters) -Indonesia's parliament passed a long-awaited bill on Tuesday to tackle sexual violence, aimed at building...
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Philippine expert says some drug war death certificates falsified
By Eloisa Lopez and Karen Lema MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippine justice secretary pledged on Tuesday to launch an investigation...
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Ukraine says tens of thousands killed in Mariupol, accuses Russia of abuses
By Pavel Polityuk KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine on Monday said tens of thousands of people have likely been killed in...
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U.S. teens recruited to drive migrants from Mexican border
By Andrew Hay, Nathan Frandino and Adria Malcolm SUNLAND PARK, N.M., (Reuters) - Seventeen-year-old Santi sits in his car outside...
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U.S. monitoring rise in rights abuses in India, Blinken says
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the United States was monitoring what he...
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Ukraine girds for Russian offensive in the east
(Adds unconfirmed reports of chemical weapons use in Mariupol) By Maria Starkova LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) - Ukraine said on Monday...
Read moreEgyptian activist takes British nationality in campaign against detention
CAIRO (Reuters) - The family of one of Egypt's most prominent human rights activists, Alaa Abd el-Fattah, said on Monday...
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Ukraine rights group tells top U.N. body that rape used as weapon of war
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations is increasingly hearing accounts of rape and sexual violence in...
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