Women held as sex slaves in Sudan's South Kordofan, Human Rights Watch says
Women from Sudan's South Kordofan state have been repeatedly raped and some held as sex slaves by fighters from the warring ...
Assad’s Fall in Syria Sheds New Light on Human Rights Abuses
The fall of former Syrian President Bashar Assad has set free activists and dissidents held in the country's notorious ...
UN urges Taliban to embrace human rights obligations for Afghanistan’s protection and prosperity
The U.N. mission in Afghanistan wants the country's Taliban rulers to embrace global human rights obligations for the ...
New set of human rights principles aims to end displacement and abuse of Indigenous people through ‘fortress conservation’
In 2022, governments around the world committed to protect 30% of the entire planet by 2030, nearly doubling the current coverage. They also agreed to respect the rights of Indigenous peoples, whose ...
Nicaragua Tortured at Least 229 Political Prisoners, Rights Group Says
The Nicaragua Never Again Human Rights Collective said in a report that it had documented the torture of 183 men and 46 women out of some 2,000 people arrested in connection to 2018 anti-government ...