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A spokesperson for the UN human rights office urged Gaza authorities to end the use of the death penalty on Wednesday. Rupert Colville, spokesperson for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, said the office is...

UN human rights experts expressed grave concern Friday over Belarus' death penalty practices after reports surfaced that a man was executed while his case was before the UN Human Rights Committee . Belarus' actions in killing...

China passed a new law Thursday restricting non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and subjecting them to intense governmental scrutiny and other obligations such as reporting their sources of income and increasing the number of reasons for which their licenses will...

The International Criminal Court (ICC) confirmed war crime charges against Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi on Thursday for the destruction of historical and religious monuments in Timbuktu and ordered him to stand trial. Al...

In her first report to the UN Human Rights Council, UN expert Ikponwosa Ero noted the increasing violence against people with albinism triggered by fallacious "witchcraft" beliefs. Those with albinism are reportedly being hunted, killed and...

Iran billionaire businessman Babak Zanjani was sentenced to death on Sunday after being found guilty on charges of fraud involving an oil fund, a judicial official stated. Zanjani, a 42-year-old oil tycoon who currently is one of Iran's richest...

EU foreign ministers on Monday agreed to lift most of the EU's economic sanctions against Belarus, citing improvements [press release in the country's human rights record. The Council of the EU cited Belarus' participation in various organizations and negotiations including...

Nearly 40 years after the 1979 Revolution in Iran, the nation's legal structures are still "deeply flawed," according to an 87-page report released Thursday by Amnesty International (AI) . Describing how the revolution elicited sweeping...

The UN Special Rapporteur on Belarus reported Tuesday that the country's dismal human rights conditions have remained unchanged since the October presidential election. Miklós Haraszti, UN Special Rapporteur, reported human rights violations since the election that include harassment...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on Tuesday urged the Sri Lankan government to investigate and locate thousands of civilians that went missing during the nation's civil war. Speaking at the end...