"UN Secretary-General Guterres warns of escalating threats to human rights globally, urging urgent action to safeguard fundamental freedoms.

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Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, reveals unspoken Gaza realities, urging global action in a poignant video message.

In a startling development, Craig Mokhiber, the director of the New York office of the United Nations' human rights agency, has tendered hi

According to a survey commissioned by BBC Arabic, 80% of Tunisians believe that racial discrimination is a problem in their country - the hi

Saudi Arabia quietly sentenced a woman last week to 34 years in prison over her Twitter activity, marking the longest Saudi sentence ever

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A huge data dump from Chinese police computer networks has shed new light on Beijing's extensive detention centers in Xinjiang—and the Uyg

The European Commission has asked France if it permitted the transfer of cyber-surveillance technology to Egypt. The investigation comes jus

Germany's new foreign minister says human rights will be at the center of her government's arms sales, including to Egypt.