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András Léderer from Hungary's oldest and largest human rights group, the Hungarian Helsinki Committee, told NPR that the State Department's new policy weakens the position of human rights ...

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Every spring, since the late 1970s, the State Department has released the Country Reports on Human Rights Practices.This year, those waiting for these documents will have to hold on a bit longer.

Today, Human Rights First, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), and the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) filed an amicus brief with the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New ...

The State Department’s annual human rights report has landed in Secretary of State MARCO RUBIO’s front office for final approval, current and former officials say, and they anticipate the ...

May 21 (UPI) --Activists, officials and defectors highlighted North Korean human rights violations at a high-level meeting of the United Nations General Assembly Tuesday, with many directly tying ...

MEXICO CITY — Police in El Salvador have arrested a prominent human rights attorney who is an outspoken critic of President Nayib Bukele. Ruth Eleonora López, who heads the anti-corruption ...