Seven Convicted In Assassination Of Honduran Environmental Activist
Berta Cáceres was killed in western Honduras in 2016 and her murder brought renewed attention to the dangers environmentalists face in Central America.
Human Rights
'They Ordered Me To Get An Abortion': A Chinese Woman's Ordeal In Xinjiang
An ethnic Kazakh Chinese woman says Chinese authorities in Xinjiang forced her to undergo an abortion. Government minders were assigned to monitor her at home. Finally, she left China for Kazakhstan.
Families Of The Disappeared: A Search For Loved Ones Held In China's Xinjiang Region
A Kazakh rights organization has collected more than 1,000 testimonies from ethnic Kazakhs and Uighurs whose families have disappeared into a network of internment camps in Xinjiang.
Islamic State Dumped At Least 6,000 Bodies In Mass Graves In Iraq, U.N. Says
"Victims include women, children, elderly and persons with disabilities, members and former members of the Iraqi armed forces and police," says a new U.N. report that details 202 mass graves.
'A Message To Moscow': Jailed Hunger Striker Wins Human Rights Award
The winner of the Sakharov Prize is Ukrainian film director turned activist Oleg Sentsov who is serving a lengthy prison sentence in Russia, accused of plotting to bomb sites in Crimea.
U.N. Calls For End To Virginity Tests
The tests are traumatic and unreliable, the United Nations said in a statement this week. In Afghanistan, there's a campaign to bring the practice to a halt.
Taylor Swift Endorses Democratic Candidates In Tennessee
In an Instagram post, Swift said she supports candidates who fight for "human rights," and urged her young fans to register to vote.
Opinion: China's Long Game On Human Rights
China is taking a more confident and active role in the international human rights system, even as the United States pulls back, writes Ted Piccone of the Brookings Institution.
Latin American Countries Urge Investigation Of Venezuela For Crimes Against Humanity
The countries have submitted a request to the International Criminal Court in the Hague for an investigation of alleged human rights abuses in Venezuela dating back to 2014.
'He Belongs To The World': The Powerful Work Of A Jailed Bangladeshi Photographer
Photojournalist and activist Shahidul Alam has helped nurture a generation of South Asian photographers. He was jailed last month on charges of "spreading propaganda and false information."