KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | Human Rights lawyer Steven Kalali has petitioned the Constitutional Court, challenging ...

A rise in abductions of government critics in Kenya is fueling public outrage and mass mobilizations for the defense of democratic rights.Kenya is facing a troubling surge in abductions of government ...

The United Nations rapporteur has broken with institutional convention with her straight-talking manner and willingness to ...

New Israeli legislation introduces prison sentences of up to five years for disputing the official narrative of the Hamas-led ...

The case for their abolition makes itself as follows.

Harvard University has agreed to take several steps to fight antisemitism on its campus after a lawsuit claimed it ignored ...

As part of the settlement, Harvard has agreed to implement a series of steps, building on measures that Harvard has ...

Amnesty International's Deputy Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia Denis Krivosheev said on Monday that the sentences handed down to participants in May protests against the law on 'foreign ...

The recent fatal shooting of a Cambodian dissident in Thailand, combined with possible deportations of Uyghur refugees has once again shone a spotlight on Bangkok's failure to protect dissidents and ...

Six months on from the ICJ ruling that Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territory is illegal, states & the EU are still ...

Ales Bialiatski, a human rights advocate who won the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize, is serving a 10-year prison sentence in Belarus ...

The courage, leadership, and humanity of Dr. King, and his legacy of fighting for all categories of human rights, including the right to vote, economic and social justice, and racial equality through ...