Kenyan President William Ruto on Wednesday called for immediate reforms to the UN Security Council's membership process, arguing for the inclusion of the African continent with at least two ...

Human Rights Chief Volker Türk on Wednesday condemned Kyrgyzstan's dissolution of its National Center for the Prevention of Torture (NCPT), warning that the country's new ...

Over 20 rights groups welcomed Egyptian President Sisi's refusal to sign the highly criticized draft Criminal Code (the Code) on Tuesday, calling it a step in the right direction. The move will send ...

The upcoming Riyadh Comedy Festival is being used by the Saudi government to 'deflect attention' from human rights abuses and its repression of free speech, said Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday.

The UN International Independent Expert Mechanism to Advance Racial Justice and Equality in Law Enforcement warned in a report on Wednesday of the prevalent racism against Africans and people of ...

US District Judge Rita Lin of the Northern District of California on Monday granted a preliminary injunction and provisional class certification order requiring the Trump administration to restore ...

The Women's Law Project (WLP) and Philadelphia law firm Berger Montague filed a complaint Tuesday with the Pennsylvania Human ...

Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger announced Monday that they will withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC), accusing the tribunal of serving 'imperial' rather than African interests. The ...

The man who attempted to assassinate President Donald Trump in Florida last year, Ryan Routh, was convicted Tuesday of attempted assassination of a major presidential candidate and several other ...

The US Department of State on Monday announced sanctions against individuals within the support network of Brazilian Supreme ...

A sniper opened fire at a Dallas Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility Wednesday morning, killing one and injuring two others before dying from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, authorities ...

The Department of Justice announced Tuesday that former speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives Glen Casada was sentenced to 36 months of incarceration for honest services wire fraud, ...