France’s human rights record is under fire, with a new report warning that freedoms once taken for granted are being steadily chipped away.

A child-like sex-doll scandal triggers fury in France just as the Chinese-founded fast-fashion giant debuts at BHV Marais

Lola’s mother, Delphine Daviet, said that after years of sobriety, her husband began drinking the day their daughter’s body was found and never stopped.

Twenty years on, the deaths of French teenagers Zyed Benna, 17, and Bouna Traoré, 15, still weigh heavily in Clichy-sous-Bois, the Paris suburb where they were electrocuted while fleeing a police

French President Emmanuel Macron struggles to govern as France faces protests, political deadlock, and a rising far right.

A student holds a red flare as French school students block the entrance of the Lycee Turgot High School in Paris as part of a day of nationwide strikes and protests against the government and possible austerity cuts, France, October 2, 2025. REUTERS/Sarah ...

The French government is concerned about the violent repression against post-election protests in Cameroon and called the authorities to guarantee the safety and physical integrity of the country's citizens,

Tens of thousands of Filipinos protested against corruption over flood relief funds. In Nepal, anti-corruption protests triggered by a social media ban forced the then-prime minister K P Sharma Oli to resign. The One Piece flag hung outside the gates of the Singha Durbar, the seat of Nepal’s power, after it was burnt down by protesters.

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The father of a 12-year-old girl “died of grief” after his daughter was kidnapped, raped, tortured and then beheaded in France by a sadistic Algerian migrant, the girl’s mother told a court.