On November 12, Human Rights Watch (HRW) and Cristosal (a human rights organization for El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras) released a damning report on the inhumane and illegal treatment of 252 ...

(Istanbul, September 4, 2025) - The trial of 13 law enforcement officers charged with the death in custody of Ahmet Güreşçi and the torture of his older brother Sabri Güreşçi on February 11, 2023, ...

If developed nations believe torture is unethical, why do some, including the United States, continue to strategically abuse people? Stephanie Decker, assistant professor of sociology/anthropology at ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A bus burned during protests, on a street in Tehran, Iran, January 16, 2026 (photo credit: MAJID ASGARIPOUR/WANA (WEST ASIA NEWS ...

One month before the ICJ’s groundbreaking order, a group of Syrians had gathered in front of the court in the Hague with photographs of individuals who have been detained or disappeared by Syrian ...

Khuan Alberto Levya Garsiya, still an active member of the Ukrainian military, said his Russian captors subjected him to ...

Nov. 12 (UPI) --Dozens of Venezuelans incarcerated in El Salvador's notorious CECOT -- terrorism confinement mega prison -- after being deported from the United States were tortured and subjected to ...

Conditions at Alligator Alcatraz, the immigrant detention center in the Everglades, are "inhumane and unsanitary," in some cases amounting to "torture," according to a new report. Why it matters: The ...

Documenting testimonies from victims and families, a joint report exposes systematic mistreatment and legal loopholes that enable ongoing human rights violations in Egypt. This statement was ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday reported that Kyrgyzstan’s parliament has passed two bills that allow the authorities to restrict media activities without judicial oversight and merge the country’s ...

The State Department released its long-awaited reports on international human rights Tuesday, and they drastically reduce the types of government repression and abuse that the United States under ...

The United States has been publishing reports on human rights practices in other countries since 1977. Initially, only countries receiving foreign U.S. assistance were covered. Today, all countries ...