The U.S. has been a poor performer for quite some time, regardless of the political party in power, but in 2025 the concerns multiplied.

New data from a global rights-tracking project shows the country had large declines in 2025 on 8 of the 9 civil and political rights it measures.

According to human rights experts across the region who participated in the annual human rights survey conducted by the Human Rights Measurement Initiative (HRMI), a New Zealand-based NGO…

This is not a one-year blip. The US has been underperforming in terms of health, education and more for the past 25 years.

In May, Hong Kong's High Court began hearing closing arguments in the case of two democracy activists charged with inciting subversion for organising a candlelight vigil to remember Tiananmen Square.

The history of Sri Lanka is ravaged by multiple man-made conflicts. The three-decade long armed conflict, youth insurrections and strikes have emerged due to multiple reasons – a stagnant economy, a h...

Fiji has received its lowest human rights score in the category of torture and ill-treatment, according to the 2025 Human Rights Measurement Initiative (HRMI) report. The country scored just 5.5 out o...