human-rights
Migrants Using More Distant, Riskier Departure Points to Canaries After Mauritania Crackdown, Red Cross Finds
Why Iran’s Clerical Establishment Still Holds as Protests Rage
UN Rights Office Says Hundreds Killed in Iran Protests
Trump Urges Iranians to Keep Protesting, Says 'help Is on Its Way'
Ukraine's Zelenskiy: World Must Help Iran Engineer Change
Date: January 12, 2026
Jan 12 (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday that the world had to help Iranians build on protests to engineer change to free them from rule that brought evil to their own...
Italy to Upgrade Relations With Venezuela as Two More Italians Freed
Date: January 12, 2026
ROME, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Venezuela has released Italian citizens Alberto Trentini and Mario Burlo from prison, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Monday, adding that a plane was on its way...
Myanmar Made Rohingya Lives a Nightmare, Gambia Tells Genocide Case
Date: January 12, 2026
THE HAGUE, Jan 12 (Reuters) - A landmark case accusing Myanmar of committing genocide against minority Muslim Rohingya will open at the United Nations' top court on Monday. It will be the first...
Deaths From Iran Protests Reach More Than 500, Rights Group Says
Date: January 11, 2026
By Parisa Hafezi, Rami Ayyub and Maayan Lubell DUBAI/JERUSALEM, Jan 11 (Reuters) - Unrest in Iran has killed more than 500 people, a rights group said on Sunday, as Tehran threatened to target U.S....
Spanish Citizens Released From Venezuela Prison Arrive in Madrid
Date: January 9, 2026
MADRID, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Four Spanish nationals and a prominent Venezuelan-Spanish rights activist arrived in Madrid on Friday a day after they were released from prison in Venezuela in the aftermath...
US Senate Votes to Curb Military Action in Venezuela, Trump Says Oversight Could Last Years
Date: January 9, 2026
WASHINGTON, Jan 8 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate voted on Thursday to advance a resolution that would bar President Donald Trump from taking further military action against Venezuela without...