The Latest Breaking News from Human Rights

Our daily rundown will be available through the tournament, but here is a taster to set the scene with barely a week to go

The U.N.’s top human rights body will hold a special session on Iran in the wake of the government's violent and deadly crackdowns on protesters, threats against journalists and other alleged human rights violations in the Islamic republic

Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi told U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday that Egypt has launched a national strategy for human rights and is keen to develop in that regard.

Concern over host country’s human rights record and stance on gay rights finds some boycotting tournament, while others plan to attend but ‘speak their mind’

Global spotlight on host country has heightened scrutiny of human rights record, with Biden due to meet Sisi

Taiwan, Ukraine, human rights and North Korea expected to be discussed by US and Chinese presidents

FIFA has turned down Denmark’s request to include the text ‘human rights for all’ on their World Cup training shirts

The Dutch World Cup squad will meet a group of migrant workers in Qatar after a training session ahead of the team’s first match as part of the Dutch soccer federation’s push to promote human rights at the tournament

The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution Thursday accusing the Taliban of violating the human rights of Afghan women and girls, failing to establish a representative government, and plunging the country into “dire economic, humanitarian and social conditions.” The resolution also pointed to persistent violence in the country since the…