According to a long-awaited report issued on Wednesday by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, China has perpetrated “severe human rights breaches” against Uyghur Muslims in its northwest province of Xinjiang, which may constitute “crimes against humanity.” The exhaustive 45-page report was released moments before departing commissioner Michelle Bachelet’s mandate... 

The United Nations human rights office has suggested that Wednesday’s violence at the U.S. Capitol stemmed at least in part from President Donald Trump and Republican lawmakers’ fomenting of violence and continued “deliberate distortion of facts” regarding the outcome of November’s presidential election. Thursday’s statement from U.N. High Commissioner for Human... 

The UN human rights chief called Wednesday for a “full investigation” into the possible excessive use of force by French police during the “Yellow Vest” demonstrations. “The ‘Gilets Jaunes’ (Yellow Vests) have been protesting what they see as exclusion from economic rights and participation in public affairs,” rights chief Michelle Bachelet said in her annual address to the United... 

The United Nations Human Rights Committee drafted a memo saying that abortion and physician-assisted suicide should be universal human rights. Why is it that every time I hear the words “human rights”, they’re followed by total degeneracy? The memo, or “general comment” on the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, calls for abortion to be decriminalized everywhere. Nations... 

Students march to protest against the education reform, in the Chilean capital, Santiago, on May 28, 2015. Chilean riot police have clashed with thousands of students protesting against the government’s education policies. Police fired tear gas and used water cannon to disperse the masked protesters, who were attacking them with stones and sticks during a demonstration in the capital, Santiago, on... 

Chilean President Michelle Bachelet Around 5,000 people have been evacuated from their houses in southern Chile following the twin eruptions of the Calbuco volcano. According to reports on Thursday, the Chilean officials declared a state of emergency in the country and evacuated thousands of frightened people from a 21-kilometer radius around the mountain in the southern province of Llanquihue. No... 

A wildfire in Chile has destroyed over 500 homes in six hours and continues to sweep the area, with strong winds fanning the flames. A state of emergency has been declared by the country’s president in an effort to help the army battle the fires. At least two people have been killed in the fire that swept more than 2.5 million square meters (660 acres), according to Chile’s National Emergency... 

A massive 8.2 magnitude quake has struck off the coast of northern Chile, killing 6 people and sending a 2-meter tsunami wave. Over 900,000 people and 11 hospitals were evacuated along the coastline, government officials said. Hundreds of thousands of people evacuated from low lying coastal regions after a tsunami warning returned to their homes Wednesday morning as damage from the the quake appeared... 

Chileans have held a demonstration in the capital, Santiago, to demand constitutional reform. Protesters marched through Santiago streets on Saturday to urge the administration of President Michelle Bachelet to follow pledges to address constitutional reform in issues such as social inequality through an overhaul of education and healthcare systems. The “march of all marches” demonstration called... 

Chilean workers march in protest demanding better wages in the capital Santiago. Some 10,000 public sector workers in Chile have taken to the streets in the capital to protest over stalled discussions on better wages. The protest march was held in the capital Santiago on Wednesday as a part of a two-day strike called after the government suspended a meeting to resume negotiation talks on pay increases. Public... 

Thousands of Chileans have rallied against a bill dubbed the “Monsanto law” that would let multinationals patent GMO seeds. Activists say it will not only compromise food sovereignty in Chile, but will also harm consumer health. Mass protests were held in at least nine cities across the Latin American country to protest the bill that would allow for the development of genetically modified seeds....