UN rights experts call on Canada to address violence against indigenous women
Experts from the UN and the Inter-American human rights systems urged Canada Monday to address the "root causes" of the extreme violence and discrimination against indigenous women and girls in the country at a meeting with Canadian Ministers...
UN asks Pakistan to stop construction infringing on human rights
United Nations rights experts on Monday asked Pakistani officials to stop construction work on a new metro line in Lahore, Pakistan due to concern that it has led to numerous people being forcibly evicted and that...
Amnesty International (AI) released a report Tuesday on the many juvenile offenders on death row in Iran. The report states that 73 executions of juvenile offenders took place between 2005 and 2015 and that...
UN rights chief urges protection for Venezuela opposition after assassination
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on Friday called for the protection of political oppositions associated with the assassinated Venezuelan opposition leader, Luis Diaz. Diaz was shot while on stage with jailed opposition...
Bahrain has tortured detainees in the years following the country's 2011 protests , despite a government promise to stop such abuses, Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Sunday. The report is based on testimony offered by...
UN rights expert raises concerns about indigenous people of Honduras
UN human rights expert Victoria Tauli-Corpuz expressed concern Thursday about the situation faced by the indigenous people of Honduras, specifically in connection with their land and natural resource rights, their lack of access to justice, education and health,...
Venezuela prosecutor: opposition leader convicted on 'false evidence'
Former Caracas prosecutor Franklin Nieves released a video Friday confessing to being pressured into presenting false evidence to condemn opposition leader Leopoldo López. The prosecutor claims that he fled Venezuela with his family...
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Hawaii said Friday that a Native Hawaiian election scheduled for November 1 may take place. The election, known as the Na'i Aupuni election, will...
UN rights experts condemn Iran execution of juvenile offenders
UN human rights experts on Friday condemned Iran's execution of a juvenile offender convicted of murdering her husband whom she was forced to marry at the age of 16. Fatemeh Salbehi was executed on Tuesday despite several...
Australia's Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment (Data Retention) Act 2015 , data retention laws requiring companies to keep records and information, went into effect on Tuesday. The law requires telecommunications providers to maintain records of acount holders, sources of...
