Human Rights

Chris Hedges: Chauvinism, violent retribution, a perverted Christianity and the celebration of a mythic Anglo-Saxon history will sever sections of the population from reality, enticing them into an American …

New guidelines make it tougher for asylum seekers to get their cases heard before judges.

The Onondaga Nation has filed a petition against the federal government, alleging that officials have repeatedly broken treaties and that the court system has failed to offer remedy.

When guns are involved in domestic violence, women die. Right wing media falsely claim the presence of guns make women safer.

Notorious white supremacist Frazier Glenn Miller has been charged with killing three people at two Jewish community sites in Kansas. Miller has openly railed against Jews and African Americans …

One year after the Boston Marathon bombing the ACLU's Kade Crockford questions whether the surveillance practices of law enforcement and an increased militarized police force equals safer streets.

Today, the Make It Safe Coalition marks the 25th anniversary of the Whistleblower Protection Act, the primary law ensuring freedom of speech and accountability in the federal workplace, and …

Many in the international human rights community see what is happening in West Papua as a deliberate, ongoing process of genocide of West Papua's indigenous people.

Stepping away from Big Agriculture will alleviate world hunger and poverty and reduce carbon emissions simultaneously, according to a new UN report.

HRW can get away with outrageous double standards if they want, but really they should stick to the facts.