It has now been eight years since the Syrian security service threatened to cut off my hand but the psychological impact of that day still remains. My story is similar to many others I meet who have escaped the combination of tyranny and terrorism in Syria to seek out a new and safer life...

In Gaza alone, Israeli forces have injured 30 journalists since March 22, a UN rights body said on Monday. "30 journalists covering the protests were injured" by the Israeli army, UN Human Rights High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet said in a statement, referring to the protests held along...

 Human rights activists in Mexico had already suffered a bad year by the time 58-year-old Cristina Vazquez was murdered in her apartment in an affluent Mexico City neighborhood at the end of June. Vazquez was the 13th human rights defender in Mexico likely killed for her activism in...

The United States hopes to get back to denuclearization talks with North Korea in the coming days or weeks, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Sunday. Negotiations aimed at dismantling Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile programs have stalled since the collapse of a second summit between...