In December, 2017, U.S vetoed UN Security Council resolution calling on President Trump to reverse the US decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital. Its Agenda Item #7, titled, Human rights Palestine and other occupied Arab territories, includes Human rights violations..…

Bulgarian Helsinki Committee, the human rights Bulgaria, was founded in 1992 with the mandate to protect and promote human rights in the country. In phone interview on October, Krassimir Kanev, Bulgarian Helsinki Committee president, told Human Rights Watch..…

The petitioners to halt the sale argued that Rodrigo Duterte, the Philippine president, was credibly accused of having committed mass atrocities, as well as grave violations of human rights and of international law. . ..…

Communist authorities ordered many of Protestant churches to replace displays of Ten Commandments with quotes from President Xi Jinping.. The human rights news site Bitter Winter reported last week that officials closed some churches that refused and threatened to blacklist..…

A year-long global peace march from Delhi to Geneva, that kicks off in the Indian capital on Wednesday, aims to highlight the struggles over land, said Rajagopal PV, president of Ekta Parishad, an Indian human rights advocacy group. . ..…

Some protesters are asking the United States to support Hong Kong human rights and democracy efforts. 'We also welcome President Trump to consider banning all American investments in China and to ban the listing of China companies in the U.S.,' said Chapman Chen, a Hong Kong..…

While some world leaders offered congratulations, others reflected on the nation’s long history of human rights abuses. . ... President Donald Trump tweeted his congratulations to Chinese President Xi Jinping and the Chinese people on Tuesday morning. ..…