This month marked the beginning of the academic year in Afghanistan. Usually it follows immediately after Nowruz, which fell on March 21st this year. But this year, because several festivals — ...

Two Palestinian water delivery truck drivers were killed by Israeli fire on Friday. The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) warns that the attack threatens vital humanitarian operations supplying clean ...

The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) on Friday penned an 8-0 ruling in favor of Chevron in the Chevron USA Inc. v. Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana case, overturning the appeal court's ...

The UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan on Friday expressed concern regarding the human cost associated with the resumption of the armed conflict in the country, following the discovery of ...

Amnesty International called for the immediate withdrawal of India's proposed digital media amendments on Thursday, warning that the new rules would grant the government 'abusive powers' to censor ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) and 10 human rights organizations, on Thursday, urged the government of the Republic of Maldives to withdraw its plans to end its death penalty moratorium and introduce ...

Israel’s new death penalty law is one of the most discriminatory pieces of execution legislation that the world has witnessed ...

Amnesty International applauded on Wednesday the Italian government's suspension its decades-long defense agreement with Israel, due to growing opposition to the Israeli military operations in the ...

The UN World Food Programme (WFP) released on Thursday a new Artificial Intelligence (AI)-assisted platform, HungerMap Live, designed to monitor global famine crises and provide an advanced warning ...

A US federal jury Wednesday found Live Nation Entertainment and its subsidiary Ticketmaster violated multiple federal antitrust laws, determining the companies held an illegal monopoly over the live ...

Amnesty International and Human Rights First published their first joint letter to Irish officials on Thursday, urging an end to the US administration’s use of Shannon Airport for unlawful ...

Samridh Chaturvedi is a JURIST correspondent and a third-year law student at the School of Law, Christ (Deemed to be University) where he covers legal, policy, and human rights developments in ...