Residents deserve to know that the information shared with their municipality is securely stored and will not be leaked, sold ...

In February 2025, the Trump administration directed a significant shift in the US Department of Justice’s (DOJ) enforcement priorities by announcing ...

(Washington, DC) – Authorities in El Salvador have arrested the prominent human rights lawyer Ruth Eleonora López, Human Rights Watch said today. On May 18, 2025, at 11 p.m., Salvadoran police ...

The Haryana Human Rights Commission has taken suo motu cognisance of a serious incident involving the alleged assault of a Class 11 student by a teacher at a private school in Jhajjar district.

One such institution is the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), which could, if reformed, be key to robust oversight, redress, and accountability for human rights violations. For all latest ...

Human Rights Watch is an international nongovernmental organization that monitors and advocates for human rights in more than 100 countries. We have been working on human rights issues in the ...

There is now a robust legal framework to tackle serious environmental crimes, but experts say the Council of Europe missed a chance to protect human rights. The Council of Europe has just adopted ...

A prominent human rights lawyer known for defending immigrants deported amid United States President Donald Trump’s hardline anti-immigration policies has been arrested in El Salvador.

FIFA is facing mounting pressure about the 2026 World Cup in North America after a top human rights organization said it has “grave concerns” about the Trump administration’s border policies affecting ...

Jeanette Vizguerra, a Colorado immigration advocate being held in an Aurora detention facility, has been named a winner of an annual human rights award by a nonprofit set up in the late Robert F.

What led to audit: New not-for-profit with ties to commissioner ... in state and federal law through the Florida Commission on Human Rights and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

The Jeay Sindh Freedom Movement held a highway sit-in, demanding the release of jailed Sindhi nationalists and protesting human rights abuses in Sindh and Balochistan. JSFM leaders urged ...