Mexican president calls US 'liars' after human rights slap

Mexico rejected U.S. criticism of its government’s human rights record as President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador accused the U.S. State Department of spreading “lies.”  “It’s not worth getting angry about, that’s just how they are,” Obrador said of a new State Department

Russia raids homes to target Nobel Peace Prize rights group

Russian authorities on Tuesday raided the homes and offices of multiple human rights advocates and historians with the prominent rights group Memorial that won the Nobel Peace Prize last year. The wave of searches, after which police took Memorial activists in for

US sanctions Iranian officials over women's rights abuses

The U.S. is imposing more sanctions on Iran, hitting people and firms accused of violating women’s rights during nationwide anti-government protests over the treatment of young women and girls. Included in the sanctions are two prison officials, several firms that manufacture equipment