News & Commentary about Human Rights


Nov 20, 2015
There’s Only One Country That Hasn’t Ratified the Convention on Children's Rights: US

Aug 10, 2015
President Obama Wants to Continue Imprisoning Immigrant Families

Jul 30, 2015
The US Must Follow Through on Its Promises to Protect the Victims of Modern-Day Slavery

Jul 30, 2015
President Obama Needs to Stop Repeating FDR’s Worst Mistake and End Family Detention Now

Jul 27, 2015
Deported Migrants Are Stripped of Their Dignity. They Shouldn’t Also Be Stripped of Their Belongings.

Jun 29, 2015
Cubans See Freedom and Internet Access as One

Jun 24, 2015
100 Groups From Around the World to UN: Demand Accountability for CIA Torture

May 21, 2015
The 'South Texas Family Residential Center' Is No Haven: It’s an Internment Camp.

May 15, 2015
UN Issues Scathing Assessment of US Human Rights Record

May 8, 2015
The United States Considers Itself a Human Rights Champion. The World Begs to Differ.