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Read the latest national and world news, including stories from Newsday's reporters in Washington, D.C. Young brother and sister dead, several hurt when vehicle crashes into Michigan birthday ... Read More

Russian Human Rights Commissioner Calls Torture of Detainees Unacceptable

(Reuters) - Russia's commissioner for human rights has called the use of torture against detainees unacceptable, the TASS news agency reported on Tuesday. She was speaking after the publication of ... Read More

Human rights groups condemn Rwanda Bill as ‘breach of international law’

Human rights groups have condemned the Government’s newly passed Rwanda deportation plan as a “breach of international law”.The Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill finally passed through ... Read More

World News

By Lara Jakes Horses Run Loose Through Central London in Surreal Spectacle Having a team in the world’s richest sports ... of India’s largest minority group made clear he sees few checks ... Read More

Human rights groups condemn UK plan to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda after Parliament backs new law

Britain’s plans to send some asylum-seekers to Rwanda were swiftly condemned by international humanitarian organizations after Parliament approved legislation allowing the deportation flights to begin ... Read More

UN human rights body calls for halt to weapons shipments to Israel

The U.N.’s top human rights body called on countries ... and appealed to envoys “to wake and stop this genocide … televised live across the world, killing thousands of innocent Palestinian ... Read More

Human Rights

Israel expects its top ally, the United States, to announce that it’s blocking military aid to an Israeli army unit over gross human ... a traffic stop has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit ... Read More

The LAPD trains foreign police. Does that enable human rights violations?

While supporters of training Emirati officers at the academy argue that it provides a valuable cultural exchange for all involved, human rights groups ... abolitionist group Stop LAPD Spying ... Read More

UN human rights body calls for halt to weapons shipments to Israel. The US votes no.

GENEVA — The U.N.’s top human rights body called on countries ... and appealed to envoys “to wake and stop this genocide … televised live across the world, killing thousands of innocent ... Read More

World Legal News

The United Nations Refugee Agency’s (UNHCR) Cyprus spokesperson Emilia Strovolidou urged the country on Friday to stop ... human rights law and the principle of non-refoulment, according to reports ... Read More

UN human rights body calls for halt to weapons shipments to Israel as concerns about Gaza war mount

GENEVA — The U.N.’s top human rights body called on countries ... and appealed to envoys “to wake and stop this genocide … televised live across the world, killing thousands of innocent ... Read More