The Latest Breaking News from Human Rights

Pakistan’s top court is hearing a petition by human rights activists seeking to halt the forceful deportation of Afghans who were born in Pakistan and those who would be at risk if they were returned to Afghanistan

Centrist Tories urge PM not to abandon UK’s human rights commitments, but Sunak said his patience ‘worn thin’ by delays

A German court has convicted a Gambian man of murder and crimes against humanity for involvement in the killing of government critics in his West African homeland

A Danish court has ruled that the human rights of a Danish man who was convicted of murdering a Swedish journalist on his homemade submarine were not violated as he had claimed

Human rights activists say supreme court’s vague wording provides wide scope for persecution

While the world remains fixated on the devastating October 7 Hamas attacks and the subsequent Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip, there has been a pronounced – and mostly unnoticed – escalation in violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.

Rat-hole mining, once used in Meghalaya, was used to rescue 41 workers from the Silkyara tunnel. Despite a 2014 ban, illegal mining and trafficking of coal continues, leading to land degradation, deforestation, and water pollution. Human rights activists flagged the hazards of rat-hole mining two decades ago, with reports estimating…

The United Nations has agreed a new human rights agreement with the African Union aimed at reinforcing peace and security on a continent that has been "the double victim of injustice".

A brave leader would admit he is cornered and set out a new direction to his party and the public. He’s not that guy, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr