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This year’s Country Reports on Human Rights Practices are a creditable effort, but Trump administration uninterest in human rights policy (and in the reports) is undermining the cause of human rights.
The State Department’s newest release of its human rights report, which includes a detailed summary of every country’s record over the previous year, signals a welcome shift.
Veterans Health Administration facilities reported 4,434 "severe occupational staffing shortages" in the 2025 fiscal year.
State department censure comes a week after its annual Human Rights Report accused Britain of ‘serious restrictions on free speech’ ...
The Citizens Commission on Human Rights International (CCHR) addressed the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons ...
Mulbah K. Morlu, Chairman of the Enough is Enough Protest Coalition, has announced that the group will launch a second phase of nationwide protests on December 17, 2025, demanding accountability and ...
Foreign Minister Ronald Lamola recently warned that repeated U.S. interference in South Africa’s domestic affairs had pushed ...
Rights are 'props for political theatre' in unequal system bound to special interests where immigrants are 'scapegoats', annual report says China has accused the United States of using human rights as ...
The U.S. State Department’s 2024 Human Rights Report found no major abuses in Costa Rica but flagged worrying trends in press freedom and labor rights enforcement, raising international concern.
The reports also reduce criticism of human rights records of Trump administration allies like Israel and El Salvador.
The United Nations Human Rights Office’s report on Sri Lanka details entrenched and systemic rights violations—including ...
IndieWire speaks with genre directors in short film about women's healthcare and fantasy. Interviews for 'The Rebirth,' 'Feed ...