The human rights situation in Nicaragua has "seriously deteriorated" over the past year, following arbitrary arrests, mistreatment of detainees,...

Source: ‘Police lead in rights violations’ -Newsday Zimbabwe The data shows that leading the rights violations are police officers, having...

GENEVA, Switzerland – A group of independent experts* expressed grave concern about allegations of serious human rights violations in the context of...

As expected, the UN Human Rights High Commissioner's - HCHR - report on Sri Lanka (A/HRC/57/19) was released on 22 August. It consists of seven...

A fraudster’s attempts to deter online reports about him failed again, while BIRN's monitoring of digital rights violations over the past month...

A fraudster’s attempts to deter online reports about him failed again, while BIRN's monitoring of digital rights violations over the past month...

The 22nd Nigeria's Chief of Army Staff, LIEUTENANT GENERAL TAOREED ABIODUN LAGBAJA recently delivered a lecture at the Third Strategic Counter...

washington — China is among several foreign governments that have retaliated against people engaging with the United Nations (UN), according to a...

UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Nada Al-Nashif said Tuesday (10/9) that the warring parties in the Sudanese conflict were acting with...

The Sahel region of north Africa may be understood as “one region, many crises.” This statement is taken from a paper first published in 2013 by...