Human rights

A Portland police officer allegedly told the couple that "being mean" is not against the law.

Hundreds of Jehovah's Witnesses are behind bars, even as the country's constitutional court ruled in favor of conscientious objectors.

Iran is the only country who doesn't allow women to watch sporting events in stadiums.

The decision was marred by poor timing—as it was made following criticism of the Trump Administration for border separations.

Even some U.S. allies think it was a bad idea. But China stands to gain.

Ambassador Nikki Haley says it is a “cesspool of political bias” that “makes a mockery of human rights.”

Countries who go against Washington’s “arrogant policies and excessive demands” are frequently “accused of violating [a] human right,” the report said.

The three women arrested had been advocating for women’s equality in Saudi Arabia.

Last year saw a peak in almost a quarter of a century for Russians seeking to leave their homeland for the U.S., on the grounds of persecution.

Trump called the aircraft helicopters, instead of acknowledging what they actually are.

The four countries singled out in the latest State Department report on human rights are the same targeted by U.S. foreign policy.

The data was released shortly after the rape and murder of a seven-year-old girl in the city of Kasur sparked a national debate about sexual assault and violence in the country.

A government list of 600 alleged Communist fighters includes Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, U.N. special rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples.

The United States, one of the world’s biggest economic and military powers, was ranked 16th on the list of the best countries for women.

China used a so-called “red notice” label activist Dolkun Isa a terrorist.

"The United States should not persist in practices that traumatize children and their families," says senior children's rights counsel at Human Rights Watch Michael Garcia Bochenek.

"This sends a clear signal that women's reproductive rights are not a priority for this administration," a State Department official told Politico.

“President Trump wasted little time in putting his anti-rights rhetoric of discrimination and xenophobia into action,” the report claims.

Rights activist Ismae Teh says military personnel punched and kicked him, electrocuted him and beat him with a stick until he passed out.

“More than 90 percent of pious Muslim women in the Muslim world do not wear abayas. So we should not force people to wear abayas.”

Human rights advocates said the crackdown against women activists had become more severe as Saudi Arabia’s crown prince made a public display of giving women more freedom.

“All signs point to a crisis not just for human rights, but for the human rights movement,” Samuel Moyn, Yale University professor, said.

The president's "insatiable admiration for strongmen" has had dangerous implications outside the U.S., Human Rights Watch says.

Wu Gan was held in pre-trial detention for two years and claims he was tortured.

"The American Dream is rapidly becoming the American Illusion," Philip Alston said.

U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley denounced North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

They also did not know cures for diseases existed.

Shyma was detained Saturday over the video for her song “I Have Issues.”

Elephants are self-aware, autonomous beings capable of expressing empathy towards others—traits that make them "legal persons," according to the Nonhuman Rights Project.

Rodrigo Duterte says Trump needs to "lay off" if he wants to discuss human rights issues during his visit to Manila this weekend.