human rights

Male anchors in Afghanistan are wearing masks on air in solidarity with their female colleagues. This is the latest Taliban order to threaten the freedoms and careers of Afghan women.

The decree, which calls for women in Afghanistan to show only their eyes and recommends they wear the burqa, evoked similar restrictions during the Taliban's previous rule.

In the new documentary "The Will To See," writer and filmmaker Bernard-Henri Levy goes to places around the world where war and human suffering go on, even when rest of the world doesn't notice.

From Nazi Germany to Mussolini’s Italy, fascists worked to repress the rights of women by restricting education and abortion rights. Now, there are echoes of that past again.

China was among those voting against the resolution, saying human rights were being politicized. Ukraine's U.N. ambassador said the case for suspending Russia is "obvious and self-explanatory."

Conservative politicians are increasingly pushing back against a burgeoning feminist movement and what they see as an unraveling of the country's traditional values.

The U.S. is engaging in a diplomatic boycott at the Winter Olympics, along with a handful of other countries, to call attention to China's alleged human rights abuses.

While Afghanistan has never been safe for LGBTQ people, activist Basira Paigham says she did enjoy some level of community before the Taliban seized control of Kabul in August.

Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee raised questions about whether the network's coverage could be compromised by pressure from the Chinese Communist Party.

The Foreign Ministry said Minister Wang Yi made the demand in a phone call with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday Beijing time.