Taiwan dispatch: human rights groups oppose draft legislation eliminating parole for violent offenders ...

A coalition of nine human rights organizations called on Kazakhstan to end its crackdown on independent media after authorities raided a newsroom, detained journalists and pressured reporters over ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged Egyptian authorities on Wednesday to quash the conviction of prominent economist Abd al-Khaliq Farouk, who was sentenced to five years in prison on October 2 for ...

The Maryland legislature overrode a veto by Governor Wes Moore on Tuesday, clearing the way for the creation of a commission to study potential reparations for slavery. The bill's veto was ...

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled on Tuesday that Türkiye violated Article 8 of the Convention when refusing to transfer a prisoner to a detention center closer to his family. In the ...

The European Union (EU) and 34 European leaders on Tuesday signed a new convention establishing an International Claims Commission for Ukraine in a move to hold the Russian Federation accountable ...

Pennsylvania, and the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit against executive agencies on Tuesday for blocking funds allocated for electric vehicle (EV) charging station ...

A US federal appellate court on Tuesday upheld a 2019 law that requires certain corporations to disclose ownership information to the Treasury Department, reversing a lower court opinion that found ...

Portugal’s Constitutional Court ruled on Monday that several recently approved provisions of the country's Nationality Law are unconstitutional. Portuguese citizenship is currently regulated by the ...

Rights group Human Rights Watch raised concern on Sunday over Qatari government clients' and other major businesses' failure to pay contractors on time for projects, leaving migrant workers unpaid.

The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC), in a 3-2 majority, affirmed on Monday its jurisdiction to investigate the alleged war crimes that took place in Gaza after October 7, ...

A three-judge panel of Hong Kong's Court of First Instance on Monday found pro-democracy Apple Daily founder and media tycoon Jimmy Lai guilty on sedition and national security charges, including ...