A prominent cleric in Armenia was sentenced to two years in prison on Friday after being found guilty of calling for the ...

Amnesty International on Friday expressed concern over the rampant campaign of violence occurring in Georgia in the run up to its October 4 local elections, citing the prosecution of opposition ...

United Nations human rights experts called on President Daniel Ortega's government on Friday to clarify the fate and whereabouts of more than 120 individuals who appear to have been forcibly ...

UN Secretary-General António Guterres condemned the attacks at a synagogue in Manchester on Thursday, calling them “particularly heinous” and stressing that “houses of worship are sacred places ...

The US Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear Wolford v. Lopez, a constitutional challenge to Hawaii’s 2023 law restricting where individuals with concealed carry permits may bring firearms. The ...

US President Donald Trump's administration sent a 10-page proposed agreement on Wednesday, called the 'Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education,' to nine major US universities. The ...

The UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) urged New Zealand on Thursday to take stronger action to reduce its rising prison population and better support its independent monitoring ...

The current political climate in the United States has raised serious concerns regarding the potential overreach of executive ...

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to decide whether President Donald Trump may fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, freezing the termination order until January 2026 oral arguments. Trump ...

A coalition of more than 25 US cities and counties filed suit Monday to challenge new conditions on federal emergency management grants, alleging that the Trump administration has unlawfully ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday condemned the Mexico Supreme Court's decision to deemphasize legislative consultation with people with disabilities prior to enactment of law that may effect ...

Three-quarters of Europeans believe large companies should be held accountable for human rights and environmental violations across their global supply chains, even as the European Union moves to ...