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 New York Attorney General and a coalition of 20 Democratic states sued the Department of Justice (DOJ) Wednesday for withholding federally funded services from domestic violence survivors who ...

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 ...

French authorities announced Thursday that they will bring to trial the captain of the ship Boracay, a suspected Russian oil transport vessel that has been blacklisted by the EU as a part of ...

US President Donald Trump issued an executive order on Wednesday that stated the US will consider any attack on Qatar an attack on the US and will employ any diplomatic, economic, and military ...

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to decide whether President Donald Trump can 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 ...

Amnesty International called Thursday for Germany to provide reparations for genocide committed against Namibia's Ovaherero and Nama peoples between 1904 and 1908 — steps Germany has refused despite ...

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 ...

In an emergency press release on Wednesday, the Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) reported that its Gaza-bound aid flotilla has been intercepted by Israel in international waters, roughly 80 nautical ...

Amnesty International, in a report released on Wednesday, revealed that Chinese courts are utilizing ambiguous laws to crack down on civilians' freedoms of speech and association, subjecting ...

Amnesty International condemned Iraqi authorities on Tuesday for their continued persecution of activists and protesters six years after the nationwide Tishreen demonstrations. The organization also ...