Human Rights

Taliban in Afghanistan ban women’s voices and bare faces in public with new law

UN says a record number of aid workers were killed in 2023 and this year may be even higher

Israel says investigation underway in Palestinian prisoner abuse case

Sudan's paramilitary fighters killed 85 people in an attack on a central village, residents say

Mexico’s truth commission reveals new evidence of ‘death flights’ during 1965-1990 ‘dirty war’

Canada’s human-rights chief cannot be seen as biased. This is actually very simple

B.C. report explores inequalities in justice, health, child-welfare systems

Nova Scotia researchers not surprised by critical report on Canada’s migrant worker program

With human rights chief debacle, the Liberals continue their string of blunders

UN rights chief concerned about arbitrary detentions and excessive force in Venezuela’s crackdown

Canadian human rights chief pick Birju Dattani resigns after report finds flawed vetting process

Canada’s temporary foreign worker program a ‘breeding ground’ for modern slavery, UN report concludes

Canadian human rights commissioner Birju Dattani resigns over comments on Israel

Many dozens of Rohingya, including children, killed in drone attack while fleeing Myanmar, witnesses say

Restoring law and order in Bangladesh a priority, says caretaker government

Veteran human rights advocate freed in prisoner swap says Russia is sliding back toward Stalinist times

Minister delays appointment of new human-rights commissioner after independent review