List of All Articles with Tag 'rights'

By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL North Korea denounced the new U.S. special envoy on the country's human rights issues,

It urges Afghanistan's rulers to reverse policies harming rights of women and vulnerable communities.

The Justice Department has opened a civil rights investigation into the city of Memphis and its police department, it announced Thursday. The investigation will seek to determine whether there are systemic violations of the Constitution or federal law by the police department.

Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose announced Tuesday that organizers submitted enough valid signatures to put an amendment on the November ballot to enshrine abortion rights in the state's constitution.

The US Department of Education has begun a civil rights investigation into whether Harvard University discriminates in its admissions process by giving preferential treatment to children of wealthy donors and alumni, roughly three weeks after a lawsuit made those allegations.

GENEVA The U.N. human rights chief on Tuesday called for accountability for the deaths of at least 50

Women tell the BBC about what they will miss from salons before they close on orders from the Taliban.

Spain's far-right Vox party looks set to continue its meteoric rise in Sunday's general election, and it aims to use its growing influence to roll back decades of progress in women's rights by blocking abortion access, repealing legislation on gender-based violence and shutting down the ministry of equality.

Tobias Ellwood is castigated for backing engagement with the Taliban but barely mentioning human rights.

It comes a day after Patrick Zaki was convicted of spreading false news and jailed for three years.

CAIRO (Reuters) -Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has pardoned rights researcher Patrick Zaki a day after he was handed a

Homophobia is rising in parts of Africa, with lawmakers pushing for tougher anti-LGBTQ legislation.