Haiti faces rising hunger amid political deadlock and gang violence, aid workers caution. In Port-au-Prince, one missionary reported delivering food to people who haven't eaten in a week.
A rights group called on the government of Mexico to stop the use of surveillance spyware until transparent regulations are in place concerning human rights.
Lockdown orders put in place throughout Latin America to restrict the spread of COVID-19 pandemic have suppressed civil freedoms, not to mention, violated human rights.
Amnesty International says, in five years Syria hanged up to 13,000 peoples in jail. But the Syrian government has denied the killing of mistreating detainees
Amnesty International says children work long hours in mines. Apple and Samsung are just two of the major companies that were identified as obtaining minerals for device batteries from mines that employ young children in Africa.
Amnesty International slammed the Mexican government for what it described as the "complete lack of will by state and federal authorities" to properly investigate the disappearance of thousands of people, including 43 students who vanished in Ayotzinapa, Guerrero, two years ago.
Two Indian sisters that are part of the Dalit caste – a group that has traditionally been known as "untouchable" in Hindi society -- have been told they will be gang raped as a punishment for crimes committed by their brother.
Due to a Paraguayan law which bans abortions except in cases where the pregnancy will endanger the life of the mother, a 10-year-old girl who was impregnated by her stepfather will not be allowed to get an abortion.
The unresolved disappearance of the 43 college students in Guerrero, Mexico, and the human rights violations in the country was a talking point during Amnesty International’s annual human rights meeting.
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena made India his first visit abroad. Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena made India his first visit abroad.
An Egyptian court on Monday confirmed the death sentences of 183 supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood who were convicted of playing a role in the killings of 16 policemen in the town of Kardasa in mid-2013.
In Mexico, 11 people who had been arrested in recent anti-government demonstrations and sent to maximum-security prisons have been released without charges.
The West African nation of The Gambia has come under criticism from the U.S. State Department as well international human rights organizations after the Gambian legislature approved a law that punishes "aggravated homosexuality" with life in prison. Uganda has also reached the final stages of a new anti-gay law.
“Americans who will be at the Winter Olympics should look beyond the facilities created for the games and take a hard look at the host country,” says Pussy Riot in a report by The Moscow Times.
