Human rights

Mexico, Venezuela, and the Dominican Republic were the countries that were most vocal about their take on the report's findings

The U.S. State Department released its annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices

The ruling comes after a wave of health concerns for families taken to open-air detention sites

Several representatives from human rights groups expressed their concern about the detention and condemned the fact that the activist is unable to access the legal adviser of her choice.

El Salvador's gang-busting President Nayib Bukele has proudly embraced the monicker of "dictator" and breezily shrugs off criticism of human rights transgressions.

Unable to raise funds or complete complicated paperwork for bail, many women are incarcerated for years while awaiting trial in India's glacial judicial process, said Sudha Bharadwaj, one of the nation's best-known rights lawyers.

In a bid to muzzle dissenting voices, the country has seen increased persecution against opponents and human rights defenders over the last six months, according to a United Nations panel of experts.

Decades after Pinochet's downfall and the arrival of democracy in Chile, the fates of only 307, out of at least 1,469 people have been determined.

The incident included her being dragged from a vehicle, struck with plastic pipes, and forcibly shaved with her head doused in green dye.

The businesses were given a deadline of one month, starting from July 2, after they were initially notified of the directive.

The government of Honduras has agreed to extend the state of emergency declaration to 45 and to expand it further to more municipalities in the country.

An accidental leak from the immigration authority has caused Cuba to learn how some of the migrants being deported back to the country admitted to fleeing due to fears of persecution or torture.

As U.S. officials condemn the Cuban government for preventing families of jailed protesters from meeting with them, a rights group on Monday called for sanctions against the officials.

Denmark revealed on Thursday that the country has been prohibited from being able to use a training jersey that has a pro-human rights message on it by FIFA for being too political.

A woman in California is suing a childcare center that she worked at on Monday after she allegedly was fired for not reading the LGBTQ books in the library for the children.

As protests in Iran, primarily led by young women, continue to intensify, the Iranian government has refused to cede ground towards talks of potential reforms in its systems.

On Sunday, the Hamas movement of Palestine said it executed five people in the Gaza Strip including two men accused of collaborating with Israel. 

China has opposed a recent report claiming that they committed crimes against humanity.

A recent announcement by the Health Ministry of Vietnam on Monday asks for medical workers to stop discriminating against LGBT people in what many activists in the country see as a win for LGBT rights.

As the Taliban enjoys Afghanistan by riding pedal boats across the lake of Band-e Amir National Park, women's rights across the country are being curtailed.

The Taliban has been accused of torturing two local journalists as many fear that freedom of the press in Afghanistan will not be upheld by the new government.

Seasoned actress Angelina Jolie has finally broken her silence, voicing out her frustrations with ex-husband Brad Pitt for signing contracts with disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein despite Jolie's claims that the man had sexually assaulted her when she was 21 years old.

As fears grow within Afghanistan over the treatment of women in the country, many have taken to the streets to demand women's rights be upheld by the new government.

American actress Angelina Jolie has continued to leverage her popularity to advocate for human rights and women empowerment, recently joining Instagram to highlight Afghanistan's ongoing crisis amid the emergence of Taliban rule following the withdrawal of U.S. military troops in the country.

A gay man in Florianópolis has been viciously gang-raped and tortured by unidentified assailants in a "barbaric" act of violence, drawing flak from the LGBTQ+ community in Brazil.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is set to sign into law a counterterrorism act that will grant the administration a far-reaching leeway to expand its campaigns against groups and individuals tagged as terrorists.

A woman from North Korea is facing a possible jail term after failing to save the portraits of Kim Jong Il and other photos of the communist country’s past and present leaders during a house fire.

It's been two years since the Ayotzinapa students kidnapping and disappearance, and a lot of questions are still unanswered.

2015 Goldman Environmental Prize winner, Berta Cáceres, has been assassinated in Honduras.

In the first quarter of 2014 allegations of sexual abuse against minors in Mexico increased compared to 2013,