Environmental and human rights activists are calling on the Nigerian government to block plans to sell Shell's Niger Delta operations. As VOA...

The South African government has dismissed calls to move this week’s Southern African Development Community (SADC) summit from Zimbabwe, despite...

The UN's top human rights official expressed concern Tuesday over arbitrary detentions and “disproportionate use of force” in Venezuela,...

Freedom of religion is the "orphaned" human right, as Western democracies instead furiously debate gender rights, freedom of expression and freedom of...

The overwhelming majority of South Africans want to see our country reach its full potential, instead of being remembered as a pariah for its evil...

Houthi rebels stormed the UN's Human Rights Office in Yemen's capital in what was the latest move by the group to crack down on people working with...

MONROVIA, Liberia—President Joseph Boakai has withdrawn his appointment of Liberian lawyer, Jonathan Massaquoi  to head the newly constituted...

While celebrating that Arizona voters will get to weigh in on an abortion rights ballot measure this November, reproductive rights advocates on...

According to the UN human rights office, this weekend’s attack was the 21st strike on a school - which was also serving as a shelter - in the region...