Russia's war in Ukraine has pushed the number of forcibly displaced people around the world above 100 million for the first time ever, the United Nations said Monday. The "alarming" figure must shake the world into ending the conflicts forcing record numbers to flee their own homes, the UNHCR said...

Human rights groups on Friday warned Tehran will try to use an upcoming visit to Iran by a UN expert in order to avoid accountability. Alena Douhan, the special rapporteur focused on the impact of unilateral sanctions, is due to begin a visit to Iran from Saturday, the United Nations...

Half a million people have been detained in Syria's prisons since the start of the war, with about 100,000 dying either under torture or due to poor detention conditions.

United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) is facing a financial implosion for the last 10 years, which could cause an interruption or end of services to five million refugees.

Palestinian lawyer Salah Hamouri, who is in Israeli detention, filed a complaint in France Tuesday against surveillance firm NSO Group for having "illegally infiltrated" his mobile phone with the spyware Pegasus.

The latest move follows months of growing discontent in Syria over a spiraling economic crisis.

UN chief says that around 100,000 people in Mariupol have been forced to live in a complete blockade with no food, no water, no medicine.

Save the children data showed that 18,000 Iraqi children and 7,300 minors from 60 other countries are stuck in Syrian camps.

The leaked draft law could permit authorities to dissolve civil society groups at will without going through the courts.

Locals residing in border area are angered at both Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukraine's Western-backed leader Volodymyr Zelensky for not ending the war, resident from Avdiivka said "I want to slap Putin and Zelensky."

Palestinian teenager Amal Nakhleh's first name means "hope" in Arabic, but his parents are in despair because he is chronically ill and one of the few minors held without charge by Israel.  "Since his arrest last year I have only seen him twice, including last week when he told me...

According to figures compiled by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, 1,505 of them were civilians and among those 360 were children.

Timed for International Human Rights Day and supported in part by Britain and Canada, the sanctions took aim at officials accused of abetting the crackdown on anti-coup protestors in Myanmar, the oppression of Muslim Uyghurs in China's Xinjiang region and political violence in Bangladesh under the guise of a war...

The sanctions announced by the US Treasury and State Department targeted government officials and organizations.

There had been 'extraordinary' progress, including the introduction of a minimum wage and improvements to working conditions and accommodation, says CEO Nasser al-Khater.

Joe Biden's comment followed a video summit with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping late Monday.

The new decree-law is expected to, among other things, regulate job contracts and give workers more rights.

The fourth US-Qatar Strategic Dialogue led to both sides discussing to several economic, commercial, regional, and humanitarian issues.

After being declared as terrorist organizations, six Palestine Human Rights and Civil Society Organizations wrote letter to UN and other human rights institutions to take action against Israel.

The country has been the target of protests by several football teams over its treatment of foreign workers. Its motorsports chief says Qatar has been open to criticism.

Mohamed al-Sadat has long been a fixture of Egypt's political scene. As many as 60,000 political prisoners are serving time in Egyptian jails, according to human rights defenders.

The UAE has won membership on the UN Human Rights Council for the 2022-2024 term after obtaining 180 votes from countries of the Asia-Pacific group.

Citing human rights reports, the Irish author said Israel's system of racial domination and segregation against Palestinians meets the definition of apartheid under international law.

DUBAI: The European Union Tuesday welcomed the reforms taking place in Saudi Arabia and noted that "significant steps" have been taken to advance womenآ’s rights. In a statement, European Action External Service, the EU's diplomatic arm, the first-ever Human Rights Dialogue between the EU and the Kingdom held in Brussels...

On September 18, the UAE joins countries worldwide in celebrating International Equal Pay Day. It was approved by the United Nations (UN), as an annual occasion to intensify efforts to empower women and girls and remove all obstacles to achieving equality between them and men in the labour market.

UN high commissioner Michelle Bachelet presented a fresh report, which was called for by the UN Human Rights Council and looked at how countries and businesses have often hastily implemented AI technologies without properly evaluating how they work and what impact they will have.

Clashes between the two sides since late July have marked the biggest challenge yet to the Russian-brokered deal that returned the southern province to government control

Member states urged to work alongside regional and international stakeholders to devise people-centered policies.

The authorities should immediately release peaceful protesters, provide information about deaths, and allow an independent international investigation, says Human Rights Watch .

Polls to be held in May and July were postponed by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on April 29 amid concerns about the ability to vote in East Jerusalem.

Israel has started a probe into the Tel Aviv-headquartered NSO Group, even as the company itself says it will investigate any proof of “misuse” of its surveillance software Pegasus.

US had warned Egypt that targeting rights campaigners would be a factor in arms sales

3 children among the deceased, according to Syrian Observatory for Human Rights

Authorities say they try to convince victims' families to pardon death row offenders UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet had said over 80 child offenders are on death row   Tehran: Iran’s use of the death penalty for crimes committed as minors does not mean it violates human rights, a senior...

The draft resolution was adopted by 13 votes in favor on the 15-member panel. India and Kenya abstained