Human Rights / Civil Rights

KABUL (Reuters) - The United Nations rights envoy in Afghanistan said on Thursday the country faces "severe" human rights challenges...

By Andrius Sytas VILNIUS (Reuters) - Lithuania's parliament on Thursday voted to accept a draft bill legalizing same-sex civil partnerships...

(Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Thursday that Moscow expected Kyiv to meet its demands, adding that Ukraine needed to...

By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) - A Palestinian woman artist who lost 22 of her extended family in an Israeli...

By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) -An Israeli appeal court on Wednesday overruled a magistrate who had stirred Palestinian anger by...

By Vitalii Hnidyi CHUPAKHIVKA, Ukraine (Reuters) - The widow of an unarmed man killed in Ukraine by a Russian soldier...

KAMPALA (Reuters) - A veteran Ugandan opposition figure was charged on Wednesday with inciting violence after he was arrested a...

By Toby Sterling AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The main Dutch journalists' union on Wednesday filed a lawsuit challenging the European Union's...

By Pap Saine BANJUL (Reuters) - Gambia's government on Wednesday said it accepted a recommendation by a truth and reconciliation...

BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany is concerned about the human rights situation in China's Xinjiang region, a government spokesperson said on Wednesday,...

By Yew Lun Tian and Tony Munroe BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke on Wednesday via video link with...

RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - A 16-year-old Palestinian shot in the head by Israeli forces died early on Wednesday after...

By Angelo Amante ROME (Reuters) - Upcoming mayoral elections in the Sicilian capital of Palermo are being overshadowed by the...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It was a mistake for the United Nations human rights chief to agree to visit China, the...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany is changing the way it deals with China and will give higher priority for human rights...

HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuban dissident leader Luis Manuel Otero Alcantara is slated to stand trial in a Cuban court at...

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations Security Council on Tuesday called on Taliban authorities in Afghanistan...

(Reuters) - Russian lawmakers voted on Tuesday to bar foreigners from using the services of Russian surrogate mothers as Moscow's...

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's Cardinal Joseph Zen - in his first public remarks since he was arrested in...

(Reuters) - Eighty-two percent of Ukrainians believe that Ukraine should not sign away any of its territories as part of...