The bill is backed by right-wing senators and will be debated in the upper house of the French parliament. Its aim is to ban ...

Amnesty International is urging French lawmakers to reject a bill this week that would ban headscarves in all sporting ...

Supporters celebrate the release of an Indigenous activist imprisoned for killing of FBI agents after a flawed trial.

Leonard Peltier was released after former President Joe Biden commuted his sentence for the murder of two FBI agents during a ...

The 80-year-old activist, who always maintained his innocence, will serve the rest of his sentence in home confinement.

The commutation, praised by advocates who say Peltier was a political prisoner, prompted criticism from some who say Peltier ...

Amnesty International condemned the Russian government on Sunday for its failure to answer questions about opposition politician Alexei Navalny's death on the first anniversary of the ...

Amnesty International reported Thursday that the US foreign aid freeze will threaten human rights in Myanmar. The group warned that the freeze may result in the loss of countless lives and ...

Photo: Arriving at the Shoal Lake #40 reserve by ferry. The lake provides all the drinking water for the city of Winnipeg but the people of Shoal Lake #40 have long been under a boil water advisory ...

The halting of U.S. aid has also compounded the already dire humanitarian crisis in Haiti, hitting a program that provides ...