South Korean women file landmark lawsuit accusing US military of systematic role in sex trade

‘Camptown women’ allege decades of abuse by American military soldiers stationed at US bases in South Korea.

Rights advocates demand U.N. press China on abuses in Xinjiang

Uyghurs and rights advocates on Tuesday decried lame global action over a damning 2022 U.N. report detailing torture and sweeping abuses in China’s Xinjiang region.

UN rights commissioner demands Saudi Arabia immediately halt executions for offences committed by minors

UN human rights experts released a statement Friday demanding that Saudi Arabia immediately halt executions of people convicted of offenses committed as minors, following the execution of Jalal al-Labbad last month.

US imposes sanctions on Palestinians for requesting war crimes inquiry

Rights groups in Gaza and Ramallah had asked international criminal court to investigate Israel over genocide claims.

Argentine rights activist Rosa Roisinblit dies aged 106

The Argentine human rights activist Rosa Roisinblit has died at the age of 106, her organisation says.

Hong Kong lawmakers say no to more rights for same-sex couples

Lawmakers in Hong Kong have rejected a controversial bill that would have granted limited rights to same-sex couples, in a blow to the city’s gay rights movement.

Are France and the UK on the same Trumpite track?

It is no less improbable than the US president’s first and second coming.

Politicians in at least 51 countries used anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric during elections, NGO finds

Rights group also finds rise in openly gay, bisexual and transgender people running for office in 36 countries.

Spain imposes permanent weapons embargo on Israel

PM Pedro Sánchez announces that ships transporting fuel and planes carrying defense material to the country will be banned from Spanish ports and airspace.

Read to reduce sentence, Uzbekistan tells prisoners

Prisoners in Uzbekistan will be able to plead for reduced sentences if they read books selected by authorities to cultivate “correct spiritual and moral values”, officials said.