Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday condemned Tajikistan’s authorities for wrongfully imprisoning lawyer Buzurgmehr Yorov for ten years and urged his release, citing politically motivated charges ...

An investigating judge on Saturday announced that the Syrian authorities have issued an arrest warrant in absentia for the ousted president, Bashar al-Assad. In a statement to the state-run news ...

A UN expert called Friday for Mali to remain in the International Criminal Court (ICC) after the country announced plans to withdraw last week. On September 22, Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger ...

The United Nations Security Council on Saturday evening reimposed broad sanctions and restrictions on Iran, after determining that Tehran had engaged in “significant non-performance” of its nuclear ...

The Trump administration Friday requested the US Supreme Court to review President Donald Trump's executive order ending birthright citizenship. The government urged the court to grant certiorari ...

President Donald Trump’s September 25 memorandum directing federal agencies to investigate what it describes as a nationwide conspiracy to foment political violence constitutes a serious threat to ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on the Laotian government on Friday to implement key recommendations regarding enforced disappearances and violations of fundamental civil and political rights. The ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on the UN Security Council on Friday to authorize an international mission to address the ...

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was sentenced Thursday to five years in prison for criminal conspiracy. Acquitted of the corruption allegations, the Correctional Tribunal of Paris found ...

Amnesty International on Thursday urged Indian authorities to promptly and independently investigate the use of live fire during protests in Leh, Ladakh union territory, after at least four people ...

The US Supreme Court on Friday sided with President Donald Trump's administration in a dispute over foreign aid funding, granting the president’s request to freeze $4 billion in appropriations that ...

Amnesty International urged Eswatini authorities on Wednesday to immediately disclose the whereabouts and legal status of five men who had been deported from the US. The organization also requested ...