human rights Archives

Blinken Ends Trump Rights Plan Promoting Conservative Agenda

Blinken said a report prepared for former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that sought to...

Trump Administration Pulls US out of UN Human Rights Council

The announcement came just a day after the U.N. human rights chief, Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein,...

Did Amnesty International ‘Officially Declare’ Donald Trump a ‘Human Rights Violator’?

The group didn't formally give the U.S. president that label, but it used strong language...

U.S. Votes Against United Nations Ban on Death Penalty for Same-Sex Relations

The United States joined 12 other countries, including Saudi Arabia and China, in voting against...

Political Prisoner and Nobel Peace Prize Winner Liu Xiaobo Dies in Detention

Liu had been detained by police since 2008 for advocating political reforms and human rights...

U.S.-led Forces Accused of Using White Phosphorus in Syria and Iraq

Human rights monitors are investigating whether the incendiary weapon was deployed in civilian-populated parts of...

Save Dina Ali

Social media rumors hold that Saudi woman Dina Ali Lasloom was intercepted in an attempt...