Human Rights / Civil Rights

By Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Biden administration on Thursday accused Cuba of fueling controversy over its possible exclusion from...

By Anna Mehler Paperny TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's federal government introduced a bill on Thursday to establish an oversight body...

NAIROBI (Reuters) - The soldier son of Uganda's long-serving President Yoweri Museveni is signalling his readiness to take over his...

By Timour Azhari and Maya Gebeily BEIRUT (Reuters) - When Halime El Kaakour enters Lebanon's parliament as a newly elected...

By Mohammad Yunus Yawar KABUL (Reuters) - Taliban authorities in Afghanistan have asked television broadcasters to ensure that female presenters...

By Jose Luis Gonzalez and Cassandra Garrison ASCENCION, Mexico (Reuters) - The Mennonite community in Chihuahua, Mexico, can trace its...

By Pavel Polityuk KYIV (Reuters) -A Russian soldier accused of war crimes in Ukraine pleaded guilty on Wednesday to killing...

BERLIN (Reuters) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has begun registering hundreds of prisoners of war (POWs)...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Brazil's democracy can support "free and fair elections" in October despite Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's statements against...

(Reuters) - Brazil's democracy and independence of its judiciary are under threat from the government of president Jair Bolsonaro as...

LONDON (Reuters) - Tamils who resettled in Britain after fleeing the Sri Lankan civil war held a vigil in London...

THE HAGUE (Reuters) - One of the last remaining fugitives sought by a U.N. tribunal over his alleged key role...

(Reuters) - A leading human rights watchdog said on Wednesday it had documented further cases of "apparent war crimes" by...

ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland's Federal Criminal Court has upheld two appeals by defendants arguing that Russia did not deserve legal...

By Anna Mehler Paperny TORONTO (Reuters) - The agreement under which Canada turns back asylum-seekers crossing from the United States...

By Sudarshan Varadhan NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India's Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the release of A.G. Perarivalan, who was convicted...

PARIS (Reuters) -A Paris appeals court on Wednesday rejected a request by French cement maker Lafarge to dismiss charges of...

(Reuters) - The defence chief of Myanmar's shadow government has called for international help to arm its resistance forces fighting...

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's leftist coalition government on Tuesday approved a draft bill to reinforce abortion rights and make Spain...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A Spanish rapper convicted of praising terrorist groups won a legal battle in a Belgian court on...