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Racism is embedded in Australian society, according to a new report which has found it leads to marginalised groups receiving lesser health care and education.

The U.N. has documented killings, forced disappearances, and torture.

PM dismisses criticism that a plan to temporarily stop accepting asylum applications violates human rights

Mohammed bin Salman attends Brussels meeting six years after the murder of Jamal Khashoggi

Iranian journalist Pouria Zeraati survived an assassination attempt outside his home in Wimbledon, south London, in late March 2024. Eighteen months earlier, the London-based independent television channel Iran International, for which Zeraati worked, had temporarily relocated to Washington DC over threats that they believe come from the Islamic Revolutionary Guards…

Gulf leaders including Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman gather with EU heads of state and government in Brussels Wednesday for a summit aimed at averting a "general conflagration" in the Middle East.

Exclusive: Group of UK MPs says foreign secretary must ‘engage with China as it really is’ amid rapprochement drive

The Australian Human Rights Commission wants to see schools address racism, as part of a broader push to address the problem across Australian society.

Human rights lawyer says west is ‘jeopardising something precious’ by shielding Israel from legal consequences

More than 60 NGOs including Holocaust memorial group tell Donald Tusk region’s volatility ‘doesn’t exempt us from humanity’

Italy on Monday began transferring migrants intercepted in the Mediterranean to centres in Albania in a European first that has sparked criticism from human rights groups.