Rail union boss Mick Lynch has been shown in an unearthed clip calling for Channel migrants to be offered the same employment rights as British people as soon as they arrive in the UK. And Tory MP Sir John Redwood has taken
Malian forces backed by foreign military personnel are believed to have killed at least 500 people over several days in a village last year, the U.N. said Friday, significantly raising the death toll from what already has been called the worst single
Iran secured a senior role at the U.N. Human Rights Council on Thursday, despite hanging two men on charges of blasphemy earlier this week. Iran will serve as chair of the Human Rights Council Social Forum for the next year, which is
The United Nation’s top human rights body adopted a resolution Thursday that drew attention to mounting civilian deaths and rights abuses in Sudan since a bloody conflict erupted between the African country’s two top generals last month. The violence in Sudan has
Animal rights activists are calling for the immediate release of a “problematic” bear that injured a father and son and is suspected of killing a 26-year-old man in northern Italy. The activists, who claim JJ4, a 17-year-old female bear, is innocent and
The BBC has been accused of being “detached” from “ordinary people” after it ignored calls by rival MPs to protect women’s rights. Labour’s Rosie Duffield and Tory Miriam Cates have united to demand women are given greater safeguards in what has become
Leaders of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission said on Tuesday the agency would pursue companies who misuse artificial intelligence to violate laws against discrimination or be deceptive. The sudden popularity of Microsoft-backed OpenAI’s ChatGPT this year has prompted calls for regulation amid
The gay prime minister of Luxembourg used the dais of the European Union’s parliament Wednesday to stand up for LGBTQ rights in the 27-nation bloc and to chastise member state Hungary, which wants to curtail discussions of homosexuality in schools and the
Kamala Harris has applauded efforts in Nevada to enshrine abortion rights into the state constitution. The Vice President said the move by state lawmakers stands in stark contrast to other states, where such rights are under assault. The Associated Press said that
Press freedom groups said Tuesday the Mexican government apparently continued to use Pegasus spyware to infect telephones of human rights activists as recently as late 2022, despite a pledge by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador to stop such spying. The activists targeted