Amnesty International called on Tuesday for the immediate and unconditional release of two former members of parliament, Mthandeni Dube and Bacede Mabuza. The statement comes in response to the news ...

UNICEF condemned on Tuesday the deadly attack against a Government Girls School in the Maga community of Kebbi State in Nigeria, which led to the death of the vice principal and the abduction of 25 ...

A federal court ruled Tuesday that Texas's new congressional map, which created five additional seats for Republicans, is illegal on the basis of racial gerrymandering. The US District Court for the ...

A tribunal in Dhaka on Monday sentenced former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her interior minister to death for their role in suppressing student uprisings in July and August 2024. She ...

The Slovenian parliament on Monday passed a security law that expands police powers and restricts welfare rights amid criticism that the law targets the Roma community. Slovenian Prime Minister ...

President Donald Trump praised Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman as 'incredible in terms of human rights' during an Oval Office meeting Tuesday, preemptively deflecting questions about the ...

A New York federal judge blocked US President Donald Trump on Monday from striking down a law prohibiting immigration enforcement from making arrests at or surrounding state courthouses. 'My office ...

UN experts expressed alarm Monday over the repression of the Belarusian Association of Human Rights Lawyers (BAHRL) by the government of Belarus, denouncing its designation as an extremist group. On ...

A Dutch court upheld on Monday the decision to deny asylum to US transgender woman Veronica Clifford-Carlos. It acknowledged the worsening conditions for transgender persons in the United States, ...

Japan’s new government should prioritize human rights in its foreign policy, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Monday, calling on Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to adopt stronger legal, diplomatic, and ...

Amnesty International issued a report on Tuesday detailing the human rights abuses that migrant workers face in Saudi Arabia while working on the Riyadh Metro Project, in violation of Saudi and ...

The UN Security Council passed a US-backed resolution on Monday endorsing the Trump administration's 20-point Gaza peace plan. The Security Council urged all parties to implement the peace plan 'in ...