Human Rights

Should Minor Offenders Be Subject To Strip Searches?

The U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments Wednesday in a case testing whether prison guards may constitutionally strip-search even minor traffic offenders when they are arrested and taken to jail.

ISRAEL-OPT: Families relieved by prisoner swap

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Family members of Palestinian prisoners still do not know who will be released

China: “Do you have memories from before you were kidnapped?”

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A girl plays the violin for change at a train station in Beijing. Screenshot from...

UN expert urges States to fulfil obligation to prevent violence against women

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Rashida Manjoo, Special Rapporteur on violence against women

GUINEA-MAURITANIA: Worst forms of child labour still widespread

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Child labour is common in Guinea

Pakistan: UN humanitarian fund allocates money to sustain flood relief

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Children cook their daily meal in one of the 5,900 camps that sprung up across Pakistan in 2010 when...

Haiti: UN voices hopes for greater reconstruction after approval of new premier

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Special Representative for Haiti Mariano Fernández

UN presses Afghans to seize opportunity for dialogue, despite recent setbacks

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Special Representative for Afghanistan Staffan de Mistura briefs Security Council

How Did Anti-Muslim Bias Seep Into FBI Training?

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Muslims pray during the holiday of Eid ul-Fitr at the Los Angeles Convention Center...

Germany: UN hears pledge for more trade to help democratizing Arab States

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Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle of Germany