Human Rights

Understanding the potential, and the dangers, of the digital age.

Families of shooting victims, civil rights attorneys and whistle-blowers take Customs and Border Patrol to task.

I will never get five years of my life back, but for me and others, it is important that the Committee confronts the United States about its actions in …

The city has cut off water to at least 27,000 residences this year.

IIn Geneva, a US delegation has appeared before the United Nations Committee Against Torture.

Israel's decision to shut down al-Aqsa Mosque on Thursday, 30 October, is not just a gross violation of the religious rights of Palestinian Muslims.

Addressing domestic violence and other forms of gender violence need to be seen not just as a women's issue.

No Gaza eyewitnesses found evidence of Hamas using human shields during the last conflict.

Yet again, terrorism concerns appear to be trampling our civil liberties.

As we observe important 50-year anniversaries, we are also losing awareness of the power and potential of direct political action.