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The global snapshot that Human Rights Watch provides of the past year points to a "litany of human rights crises" but also a silver lining – some "cracks" emerged in authoritarian regimes where brave protesters took great risks demanding freedom.
Alarmed at a sharp increase in the use of the racist “N” word on Twitter, the experts said all the major social media corporations must immediately show greater accountability for online hatred spewed at people of African descent.
Though the release of political prisoners in Myanmar is a relief to those unfairly detained and their families, the U.N. human rights office notes the military junta is still holding thousands of others in detention for opposing military rule.
The 29-8 vote in ECOSOC on Wednesday, with 16 abstentions, immediately expelled Iran from the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women, based on a U.S. resolution.
IFJ says the killings point to an "urgent" need for an international treaty on the safety and independence of journalists and other media professionals.
The 16-day campaign involves thousands of organizations in 187 nations and runs until Human Rights Day on Dec. 10.
A U.N. special session responded to Tehran's violence and widespread protests over 22-year-old Mahsa Amini's death.
G-7 nations pledged to "stand firmly with Ukraine for as long as it takes" while promising more military aid and demanding Russia's immediate withdrawal.
The U.N. appointed a special rapporteur to examine Russia's human rights records in light of its crackdowns on dissent over its war in Ukraine.
China notched a diplomatic win with the U.N. Human Rights Council's rejection of a debate on evidence of abuses in China’s remote Xinjiang region.
A panel of U.N. human rights investigators concluded that war crimes have been committed in Ukraine during Russia's almost 7-month-old invasion.
U.N. career diplomat Volker Türk of Austria won approval from the U.N. General Assembly to replace former U.N. human rights chief Michelle Bachelet.
A closely watched U.N. report finds China's persecution of Muslim Uyghurs may constitute crimes against humanity.
Entrenched racism, white nationalism, aggressive policing and xenophobia stifle the rights of Americans nationwide.
At least 306,887 civilians were killed in the first decade of Syria's conflict "as a direct result of war operations," the U.N. human rights office estimated.
Global leaders broadly condemned the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and other precedents protecting access to abortion.
