human rights abuses

January 12, 2023

Russian forces have committed “a litany of violations” in Ukraine, rights group says

Russian war crimes and human rights abuses during the war in Ukraine add up to a “litany of violations of international humanitarian law,” according…

June 27, 2022

Western leaders gathering at the G7 have decided to try capping the price of Russian oil, officials say. It’s the…

October 8, 2020

CAIRO (AP) — A migrant worker was burned to death in the Libyan capital, UN and government officials said Wednesday,…

October 2, 2020

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — From a filthy cell in Saudi Arabia, the Ethiopian migrant spoke on a smuggled phone,…

September 15, 2020

GENEVA (AP) — UN-backed investigators pointed Tuesday to signs that Syria’s government continues to perpetrate rape, torture and murder as…

September 8, 2020

BANGKOK (AP) — Two soldiers who deserted from Myanmar’s army have testified on video that they were instructed by commanding…

March 25, 2020

CAIRO (AP) — Saudi military forces have committed grave abuses against civilians in an eastern province of Yemen over the…

March 19, 2020

JERUSALEM (Reuters) — Civil liberties activists asked Israel’s Supreme Court on Thursday to suspend cellphone monitoring put in place under…

March 11, 2020

ATHENS (Reuters) — The Greek government dismissed on Wednesday a report in The New York Times newspaper that it was…

March 11, 2020

BERLIN (Reuters) — The first trial of suspected members of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s security services for crimes against humanity,…