Kennedy Jr. is now President Donald Trump’s new secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) following a ...

A human rights activist, Orchardson Umoh, has stressed the need for the police to revisit the 2018 Ayilamo Saga incident in Benue State where some officers were ambushed and killed during an operation ...

Iranian authorities have issued heavy prison sentences for at least two dozen activists from the Azeri minority since October ...

Human rights campaigner Zakia Jafri spent 20 years trying to hold political figures, including Narendra Modi, accountable for ...

Tommy Robinson has been a polarizing figure in British politics, known for his far-right activism and controversial views on ...

A human rights activist, Comrade Osita Obi, has cried out over the spate of missing people in Anambra State. The activist, ...

A group of activists belonging to various organisations and owing allegiance to Human Rights Defenders Alert - India met the family members of murdered activist Jagaber Ali at Vengalur village ...

# “Once again, our leaders have chosen political convenience over moral responsibility,” said Joseph Darville, vice president of Human Rights Bahamas. “I am extremely disappointed — especially those ...

The current model of individual and material protections for human rights and land defenders has serious flaws that perpetuate cycles of violence within institutional responses to activists at risk.

Amnesty International urged the government of the Philippines on Wednesday to cease using the country’s anti-terrorism laws against development workers and human rights activists, and to halt its ...

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