Retired Brig. Gen. Frank Rusagara died last week in Rwanda. He had spent 11 years behind bars, without being allowed to speak ...

On Tuesday, the Trump administration froze federal funding for several organizations across the United States that provide lifesaving cervical cancer screenings, contraception, family planning, and ...

Niger’s military junta released about 50 people from prison, including several former government officials, military officers ...

Three recent independent reports have made a compelling case for Uganda to invest in pre-primary education. In June 2024, the ...

On April 3, the United Nations Human Rights Council adopted by consensus a resolution about “the realization in all countries ...

Human Rights Watch welcomes the opportunity to provide input to inform the report on older persons in armed conflict and ...

The UK Labour government is slashing the country's aid budget to just 0.3 percent by 2027, a projected reduction in cash ...

Former South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol’s attempt to impose martial law in December 2024 posed a grave threat to human ...

The UN Human Rights Council’s decision to pursue an international treaty on the rights of older people is a landmark victory ...

A leaked paper reveals that Germany’s conservative political parties want to add a clause to Germany’s Nationality Law to ...

I rose through the ranks!” joked Maixent Somé, an exiled Burkinabè activist and critic of the country's military junta on X ...

Japan’s parliament, the Diet, voted this week to make public high school free for all children. Tuition fees had been ...