November is National Native American Heritage Month in the US. This should be an opportunity for schools to discuss their country’s colonial history. But the picture that students receive is often ...

The UN human rights office, OHCHR, on Friday reiterated its call for Russia to halt attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, adding that those responsible must be held to account.

~ Monde. Les États doivent renforcer la protection des professionnel·le·s de santé qui dispensent des soins liés à l’avortement ~ Arabie saoudite. Il faut libérer les personnes détenues arbitrairement ...

Alors que la violence sexiste reste l’une des violations des droits de l’homme les plus répandues dans le monde, le Haut-Commissariat de l’ONU pour les réfugiés (HCR) avertit que les risques sont ...

Reacting to the violent dispersal of what started as peaceful protest in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi, Denis Krivosheev, Amnesty International’s Eastern Europe and Central Asia Deputy Director, said: ...

While the bill cleared its second reading with a vote of 330 to 275, it is clear that this entire process is the worst way to consider a social issue of such importance.

Ahead of the reopening of Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris, eight of the cathedral’s church bells were renovated and blessed before their re-installation in the north tower. Philippe Jost, who has ...

From Joy on Netflix to the new album from The Cure, these are our expert culture picks of the week.

Much has been made of proposed changes to inheritance tax for agricultural property in the recent UK budget. Opponents have focused on the number of farms that might be affected, while the ...

When US voters re-elected former president Donald Trump, the result appeared to contradict the theory that democratic electorates punish governments for failure and reward them for success. That model ...

Prison officers allegedly sexually assaulted and harassed Vida Rabbani, an Iranian journalist and activist, during a body search at Evin Prison in Tehran on October 3, an informed source told Human ...

A central clock in the brain is closely tied to daily sleep rhythms. But there are also clocks in other tissues – such as liver, muscle and fat – and they play an important role in metabolism.