Results for “Human Rights Watch”

ABC News (US)Leans left20 hours ago

Rights group accuses Zambia of violent post-election crackdown on opposition

Zambian authorities forcibly disappeared, arbitrarily detained, beat and threatened opposition members and supporters, lawyers, journalists and government critics in the days before and after August’s general election, Human Rights Watch said

BBC NewsCenter4 days ago

Human rights lawyer couple sentenced to 10 years' prison in Pakistan

Imaan Mazari and Hadi Ali Chattha were charged over an incident in 2024, when England's cricket team was touring Pakistan.

Global IssuesLeans left5 days ago

UN human rights chief urges better protection of civilians in conflicts

Youth-led protests against corruption and inequality in Serbia, Bangladesh, Nepal and Madagascar reflect a growing demand for reinforcing human rights around the world, UN human rights chief Volker Türk said at a press briefing on...

Global IssuesLeans left23 hours ago

The UN Human Rights Council at 20: Credibility in Question

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay / BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, November 2 (IPS) - On 13 October, Burundi won a second consecutive term on the UN Human Rights Council, the UN’s main human rights body. The CIVICUS Monitor rates civic space in Burundi as...

Hindustan TimesCenter3 days ago

Credibility of UN Human Rights Council rests on even-handedness: India

Credibility of UN Human Rights Council rests on even-handedness: India

The GuardianLeft4 days ago

Sudanese diaspora and human rights groups denounce UAE nominee for UN top job

Critics cite Lana Nusseibeh’s denial of accusations the UAE is fuelling Sudan war by supporting paramilitary RSF Members of the Sudanese diaspora and international human rights monitors have denounced the candidature of an Emirati...

The HinduLeans left4 days ago

NHRC flags human rights concerns over parading of three persons in south Kolkata

The Commission took suo motu cognisance of the incident based on media reports and observed that the contents of the news report, if true, “raise serious issues of violation of human rights”

Chicago ReaderNot rated3 days ago

New federal lawsuit accuses feds, Indiana of human rights abuses in “Speedway Slammer” immigration jail

Denial of medication. Beatings. Cells flooded with human waste. Sexual assault. Hundreds of people held in immigration detention at the Miami Correctional Facility in Bunker Hill, Indiana, have suffered these and other abuses, according...

Daily MailCenter3 days ago

'I've had rape and death threats, spyware on my phone, been detained in the Middle East and had my children threatened' - Irish human rights lawyer reveals the rogue nations targeting her to get to her clients...

'Most frightening of all really has just been the very full on targeting that I've received from China because of my work on the Jimmy Lai case this year,' says human rights lawyer Caoilfhionn Gallagher

National PostLeans right5 days ago

Fired metal shredder worker argued that her alcoholism is a disability

The arbitrator found that a more likely explanation is the worker was ‘caught in her misconduct’ and tried to hide behind the Human Rights Code

ReutersCenter4 days ago

Pakistan court jails prominent rights couple for 10 years, family says

Pakistan court jails prominent rights couple for 10 years, family says Reuters

Sky NewsLeans right2 days ago

UN demands investigation into death of staff member in Houthi custody

A Yemeni staff member of the UN Human Rights Office has died in Houthi custody after being arbitrarily held for more ​than two years, the UN human rights chief has said. The UN human rights chief on Saturday demanded an independent...

The GuardianLeft17 hours ago

EHRC raises concern with Reform about ‘racial and sexual remarks’ in documentary

Watchdog writes to Nigel Farage’s party to ask what action it is taking to comply with the Equality Act The official equalities watchdog has written to Reform UK to raise concerns after an undercover TV documentary showed councillors...

VarietyLeans left3 days ago

Maitreyi Ramakrishnan on Riding Motorcycles, PR Training & Why She’s Not Devi

Maitreyi Ramakrishnan sits down with Variety's Tiana DeNicola to discuss her new movie 'Best of the Best', having interesting parents, ways she's not like Devi from 'Never Have I Ever', and her My Little Pony voice. 00:00 Intro 01:40...

The Kyiv IndependentLeans left4 days ago

Oleshky evacuation begins but volunteer claims Russia already moved people outside of agreed terms

"Everyone who wishes to leave Oleshky will be given the opportunity to leave safely. At the same time, those who have decided to stay can stay and will receive all the necessary humanitarian support," Ukraine's Human Rights Ombudsman...

Mother JonesLeft3 days ago

The Little-Known Weapon Behind Some of the Worst Protest Injuries in America

This story is published in partnership with the Human Rights Center at the University of California Berkeley. On the evening of March 28, 2026, USC freshman Tucker Collins was attending a No Kings protest outside the Metropolitan...

ABC News (US)Leans left17 hours ago

Attack on Colombian military base kills 4 civilians, including a 2-month-old

Colombia's president plans to slash spending on a transitional justice court. Covered by 3 outlets: 2 lean left, 1 lean right.

Raw StoryLeft2 days ago

Trump's hunt for noncitizen voters backfires as docs show 'thousands' of citizens flagged

Experts who got their first look at the Trump administration's list of supposed noncitizen voters found a major problem with it. Lawyers for the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA), an immigrant advocacy group, told the U.S....

The HillCenter4 days ago

Trump administration’s definition of ‘medically frail’ unlawful, according to federal judge

A federal judge on Thursday ruled that the Trump administration’s definition of “medically frail” used for Medicaid is unlawful, issuing a temporary injunction on states having to determine medical frailty. A federal judge ruled...

BBC NewsCenter4 days ago

Young athlete and former minister among victims of Spain train crash

As some of the victims' names are released publicly, an outpouring of grief and anger is sweeping across Spain. Covered by 32 outlets: 13 lean left, 13 are centre, 6 lean right.

CBC NewsLeans left3 days ago

Macklemore wraps ‘Free Palestine’ tour with sold out show

Al Jazeera spoke to fans attending Macklemore’s ‘Free Palestine’ concert after he was dropped from Ed Sheeran’s tour. Macklemore says speaking out for Palestine is 'human' as his Free Palestine Tour ends in London following his removal...

India TodayCenter1 day ago

Microsoft AI chief says AI can't be conscious, humans did not sign up for this

Microsoft's AI diagnostic system identified 83% of complex medical cases in a study, more than doubling the 36% accuracy of generalist doctors. Covered by 3 outlets: 1 are centre, 1 lean right, 1 are not rated.

WinnipegfreepressCenter10 hours ago

Human remains found at site of former hotel destroyed by fire in Victoria

LivemintCenter22 hours ago

Sukhjit S Pasricha leaves Jindal Steel: Who is he? Head of Human Resources exits steelmaker – why did he resign?

Jindal Steel President and Head of Human Resources Sukhjit S. Pasricha has resigned, citing personal commitments. He joined the company in July 2026 after serving at IndiGo and other major organisations. 

DW NewsCenter4 days ago

Human trafficking victims stranded in Guinea-Bissau

Dozens of West Africans lured to Guinea-Bissau with promises of jobs and migration to Europe say they were exploited by a suspected trafficking network. Now many cannot afford to return home.

PhysCenter1 day ago

Collective human metabolism produces 2 billion metric tons of CO₂ a year, global study estimates

A University of Bath–led study has estimated that the carbon dioxide produced by humans as our bodies turn food into energy rose by 74% between 1985 and 2015, reaching 2.05 billion metric tons a year. Researchers say the findings could...

TechradarNo political lean3 days ago

A human subject has been injected with an AI-designed virus aiming to kill antibiotic-resistant bacteria, so let's see how that turns out

An AI lab designed a virus, put it in a sick person, and then declined to say what happened.

QuartzLeans left3 days ago

Why human scientists, not AI, still control the fate of biosecurity

AI models have written the genome of a working virus for the first time, though the ones that came alive attack only harmless lab bacteria

PhysCenter4 days ago

The human surfaceome: AI flags potential cell surface drug targets overlooked by major databases

More than 65% of approved medicines work by binding to proteins on the surface of human cells. Yet scientists developing new treatments face a fundamental problem: Major biological databases disagree about which proteins are actually...

TheweekCenter4 days ago

Derren Brown: Only Human – a ‘mind-warping’ show

The illusionist’s latest West End offering features ‘one gasp-inducing stunt after another’