Human Rights / Civil Rights

By Gul Yousafzai QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) - Hundreds of protesters blocked a highway in Pakistan for second day on Tuesday...

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain is set to become the first European country to introduce paid leave for women who suffer...

TUNIS (Reuters) -Four opposition lawmakers from Tunisia's dissolved parliament were jailed on Tuesday by a military court, their lawyer said,...

BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Tuesday he was confident that Turkey would support Finland and Sweden...

(Reuters) - A Russian lawmaker taking part in peace talks with Kyiv said on Tuesday that Russia should consider the...

By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's state television on Tuesday showed what it described as details of the arrest...

GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) -Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei reappointed the country's attorney general to a new term on Monday, prompting U.S....

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The number of people officially listed as disappeared in Mexico has risen to more than 100,000,...

TIJUANA (Reuters) - A large Mexican family crossed into the United States on Sunday seeking asylum after threats from suspected...

By Mohammad Yunus Yawar KABUL (Reuters) - Taliban authorities in Afghanistan dissolved five key departments of the former U.S.-backed government,...

By Nelson Renteria SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - Dozens of innocent people have been apprehended in El Salvador in recent months...

(Reuters) - As Britain's Prince Charles and his wife Camilla prepare to visit Canada this week, some members of the...

By Giulia Paravicini and Katharine Houreld ADDIS ABABA/NAIROBI (Reuters) -Authorities in Ethiopia's war-shattered Tigray region are forcing young people to...

ATHENS (Reuters) - A Greek man, who confessed to killing his young British wife in front of their 11-month-old child...

By SungHyuk An and Heejung Jung SEOUL (Reuters) - Standing tall in bright red hazmat suits, five North Korean health...

OSLO/COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Norway, Denmark and Iceland in a joint statement on Monday said they stand ready to support NATO...

ZURICH (Reuters) - The Swiss government will help people adopted from Sri Lanka up until the 1990s search for their...

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden's Social Democrat minority government on Monday took the formal decision to apply for NATO membership, following...

(Reuters) - Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on Monday urged other members of a Russian-dominated military alliance to stand united, and...

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An organisation representing 12 Christian denominations on Monday condemned an Israeli riot police charge at the funeral...