Human Rights

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Kenyan who wrote compelling dispatches under a pseudonym about the challenges of living…

Coercive policies in China’s far western region of Xinjiang have led to a sharp decline in birth rates for Uyghurs…

China condemned on Thursday a joint statement by G7 foreign ministers that expressed support for Chinese-claimed Taiwan and cast Beijing…

A diplomatic spat between the European Union and China has jeopardized a major investment agreement, officials said on Tuesday. EU Commission Vice President…

Prominent German sociologist and philosopher Jürgen Habermas turned down a book award from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Sunday over concerns about human…

BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel pressed China’s prime minister Wednesday for broader discussions on human rights issues, telling…

JERUSALEM (AP) — One of the world’s best-known human rights groups said Tuesday that Israel is guilty of the international…

BEIRUT (AP) — A leading Syrian rights group Monday called on the international community to reject next month’s presidential elections…

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on Monday awarded its human rights prize to Saudi Arabian activist Loujain…

Sex work. The issue of whether a country should criminalize the industry is a polarizing one — and no less…