CJI BR Gavai invoked Mahatma Gandhi, stating justice is a right for every citizen, not a privilege. Recalling a moving ...

Police in northern India said on Thursday they had arrested a man who beheaded his daughter and carried her severed head to ...

NEW YORK, NY -India has been elected unopposed to the Human Rights Council (HRC) for the seventh time to a three-year term starting next year, with a pledge to be a bridge-builder. After India’s ...

Human consciousness may result from “mental time travel, ” the ability to simulate past and future events, which could explain our capacity for complex planning. Did Hillsborough actually overspend by ...

Chimpanzees in Michigan are not considered “persons” with human rights, according to the state’s Court of Appeals. That means the owners of the DeYoung Family Zoo in the Upper Peninsula will not need ...

The Dodd Center for Human Rights at the University of Connecticut on an overcast day. The Dodd Center is hosting its second human rights summit this week. Photo by Alex Renzulli, Grab Photographer/The ...

Ms. Callamard is the secretary general of Amnesty International. Mr. Borello is the acting executive director of Human Rights Watch. When the world emerged from the horrors of World War II and vowed ...

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia’s parliament on Friday passed an amendment to the constitution that recognizes only two sexes, along with other measures that critics say might breach the ...

Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh Comedy Festival sparked outrage this week, with several U.S. comedians criticizing the high-profile event and Human Rights Watch condemning the festival while urging performers ...

A group of UN human rights experts on Nicaragua revealed in a new report on Tuesday that the Nicaraguan government, led by President Daniel Ortega, has intensified repression of exiled critics abroad.

Fresh off an Emmy win earlier this month, late-night talk show host Stephen Colbert is now being awarded for his social justice efforts. The nonprofit Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights on Sept. 24 named ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr Ewelina U Ochab is a Forbes contributor, lawyer, and author. On September 15, 2025, the Taliban de facto authorities announced ...