UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on Tuesday condemned Sunday's suicide bombing in Baghdad, Iraq. Stating that "the sheer unrestrained viciousness of these people defies belief," Zeid spoke strongly...
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The UN Human Rights Council called on the African Union (AU) Friday to respond to a report that detailed gross human rights violations in Eritrea. The report found that systemic and widespread...
Supreme Court denies cert in religious objection to birth control case
The Supreme Court of the United States on Tuesday denied certioriari in Stormans Inc. v. Wiesman , a case challenging a Washington regulation requiring pharmacies to sell birth control despite potential religious objections...
Maldives Supreme Court upholds prison sentence of former president
The Supreme Court of the Maldives on Monday upheld the 13-year prison sentence of former President Mohamed Nasheed on terrorism-related charges. Nasheed was originally sentenced in March 2015 after he...
The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled unanimously in McDonnell v. United States that former Virginia governor Bob McDonnell's conduct did not constitute an "official act" sufficient to support his corruption conviction. McDonnell was...
The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled 5-3 in Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt that a Texas law imposing certain requirements on abortion clinics and doctors creates an undue burden on access...
The Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) signed a ceasefire , marking an end to more than 50 years of armed conflict between the two groups. Among its terms are a demobilization plan...
ICC sentences ex-Congolese military leader Bemba to 18 years
The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday sentenced ex-Congolese military leader Jean-Pierre Bemba to 18 years in jail for crimes against humanity and war crimes stemming from his involvement in the conflict in...
Three human rights experts of the UN Independent Investigation on Burundi (UNIIB) on Friday echoed previous calls for a stop to violence after their second visit Burundi. There has been a considerable drop in the...
A UN-mandated human rights inquiry reported Thursday that the Islamic State (IS) has been committing genocide against the Yazidi people, in addition to a carrying out a variety of other war crimes and human rights violations. The...
