The Turks and Caicos Islands Human Rights Commission (TCIHRC) carried out a scheduled review of His Majesty’s Prison in Grand ...

The conflict in DR Congo intensifies as M23 rebels, backed by Rwandan troops, advance towards South Kivu province. Congolese forces are preparing to defend Kavumu, the last stronghold before Bukavu, ...

• Lieut. Gen. Ulisses De Mesquita Gomes of Brazil, Monusco’s new force commander, arrives in Kinshasa, the capital of Congo, ...

The worst could be yet to come in east Congo's escalating crisis, U.N. human rights chief Volker Turk said at an emergency meeting of the U.N. Human Rights Council on Friday (February 7), warning that ...

The worst could be yet to come in east Congo's escalating crisis, U.N. human rights chief Volker Turk said on Friday, warning that abuses including rape and sexual slavery may increase.

UN human rights chief Volker Turk told an emergency meeting of the Human Rights Council that he was deeply disturbed by the ...

The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group was threatening another key town in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday, as the ...

The U.N. warns that the escalating conflict in Eastern Congo could lead to increased abuses, such as rape and sexual slavery, ...

The Trump administration has expanded migrant detention to Guantanamo Bay, detaining "high-priority" individuals with ...

The UN Human Rights Council launched an investigation Friday into alleged violations and abuses committed in the deadly ...

The U.S. has warned of possible sanctions against Rwandan and Congolese officials ahead of a summit meant to address the ...

UN human rights chief Volker Turk has expressed grave concerns over increasing human rights violations in eastern Congo, ...