United Nations experts on Tuesday issued a press release demanding an end to the unlawful attacks and killings carried out by the United States military on purported drug-trafficking boats in the ...

A UN independent expert on Monday called for Tajikistan to enact freedom of information and whistleblower legislation, saying such laws are needed to protect public access to budget and debt ...

The US Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from a historic preservation group that sought to indefinitely stop the construction of a ballroom at the White House. In a 5-4 vote, the court held ...

Human Rights Watch reported Monday that the Foreign Aids (Regulation, Transparency, and Disclosure) Bill (FA Bill) proposed by Nigerian Senator Ibrahim Dankwambo allows the government to regulate and ...

International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances Imagine a knock at the door, and a loved one disappears without a trace. For thousands of families around the world, this ...

The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) on Wednesday called for an end to attacks directed ...

The US Justice Department on Thursday announced federal gun and drug charges brought against 81 alleged members of Puerto Rican gang 'Los Baja Deo' following a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ...

A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Friday struck down a ban on immigrant visas for ...

Taiwan’s Central Election Commission on Friday refused to put judicial caning to a referendum, with all seven members unanimously deciding that the referendum proposals were inconsistent with its ...

Few atrocities have been documented as extensively as the Srebrenica genocide. Yet three decades later, denial remains ...

Peace negotiations are often driven by an urgent imperative: stop the violence. But when those accused of war crimes remain ...

Judge Myong J. Joun of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts on Wednesday granted a Temporary ...