Human Rights

More than two decades after the fall of the Berlin wall, what have we learned about barriers that separate people?

Peter Collins talks to Jason Leopold.

“This was somebody who was pushed to the edge by what I think of as a kind of bullying by our government.”

A federal judge has ruled that New York City police are not allowed to routinely stop pedestrians outside of private residential buildings in the Bronx.

Of the 166 prisoners remaining at Guantu00e1namo, 86 have been cleared for release.

Five men have been formally charged in India with the kidnapping, gang rape and murder of a 23-year-old student on a moving bus.

The Encuentro Derechos Humanos 2012, recently held at San Juanu2019s University of the Sacred Heart was a reunion for scholars and activists dedicated to opening dialogue on equality and …

Operation Streamline turns trespassing across an international border into a criminal offense for the first time in US history.

Gaza remains under Israeli siege, making life more difficult.

Sam Sacks speaks with Truthout's Lead Investigative Reporter Jason Leopold about the FBI's approach to the Occupy movement.