Human Rights

Latest articles

Image for Volkswagen's Brazil unit ordered to pay $30 million for decades-old 'slave labor' case
Headlines

Volkswagen's Brazil unit ordered to pay $30 million for decades-old 'slave labor' case

SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Volkswagen's Brazil unit has been ordered to pay 165 million reais ($30.44 mill...

29th August, 2025

Image for Largest flotilla for Gaza hopes to pressure Israel to end blockade
Headlines

Largest flotilla for Gaza hopes to pressure Israel to end blockade

By Leonardo Benassatto BARCELONA (Reuters) -Pro-Palestinian activists preparing to set sail from Spa...

29th August, 2025

Image for US withdraws from key UN human rights report, draws criticism from rights advocates
Headlines

US withdraws from key UN human rights report, draws criticism from rights advocates

By Andrew R.C. Marshall and Olivia Le Poidevin LONDON/GENEVA (Reuters) -The United States will not p...

28th August, 2025

Image for Hundreds of UN staff pressure rights chief to call Gaza a genocide, letter shows
Headlines

Hundreds of UN staff pressure rights chief to call Gaza a genocide, letter shows

By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -Hundreds of U.N. staff at the Office of the High Commissioner for Hu...

28th August, 2025

Image for Explainer-Could Farage's plan for mass deportation of asylum seekers from UK work?
Headlines

Explainer-Could Farage's plan for mass deportation of asylum seekers from UK work?

By Andrew MacAskill and Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) -Nigel Farage's Reform UK set out plans this...

27th August, 2025

Image for Report spotlights tensions in Mali military over Wagner mercenaries
Headlines

Report spotlights tensions in Mali military over Wagner mercenaries

By Portia Crowe DAKAR (Reuters) -Russian private mercenary operations in Mali have sowed resentment...

27th August, 2025

Image for Ukraine says Russian move to quit treaty against torture is 'admission of guilt'
Headlines

Ukraine says Russian move to quit treaty against torture is 'admission of guilt'

KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine criticised Russia on Wednesday for setting out plans to withdraw from the Co...

27th August, 2025

Image for UN inquiry on Israeli violence hampered by funding shortfall, document shows
Headlines

UN inquiry on Israeli violence hampered by funding shortfall, document shows

By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -A team of U.N. investigators tasked with researching cases of violen...

26th August, 2025

Image for Wrongly deported migrant Abrego detained again, may be sent to Uganda
Headlines

Wrongly deported migrant Abrego detained again, may be sent to Uganda

By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) -Kilmar Abrego, the migrant whose wrongful deportation to El Salvador mad...

25th August, 2025

Image for Belarus leader dampens hopes for mass prisoner release after Trump's appeal
Headlines

Belarus leader dampens hopes for mass prisoner release after Trump's appeal

By Mark Trevelyan (Reuters) -Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on Friday dampened hopes for...

22nd August, 2025

Image for UN investigation seeking justice for Rohingya who fled Myanmar hit by cost-cutting
Headlines

UN investigation seeking justice for Rohingya who fled Myanmar hit by cost-cutting

By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -Millions of dollars of funding cuts from donors and U.N. cost-cuttin...

21st August, 2025

Image for China's Xi makes second-ever visit to Tibet as president
Headlines

China's Xi makes second-ever visit to Tibet as president

BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Tibet's capital, Lhasa, on Wednesday to o...

20th August, 2025