UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein said Monday that he has deployed a mission to South Sudan after reports surfaced of human rights abuses by both sides. The 10-member team began its...
The International Criminal Court is urging India to arrest Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir when he visits the country this week. The office of Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said that even though India is not...
The European Parliament on Tuesday voted to adopt an agreement reached in June to end roaming charges by 2017 and to set net neutrality rules in the EU for the first time. Four proposed amendments, which...
The Oklahoma Supreme Court on Monday blocked an abortion law that was set to go into effect on November 1. The law, Senate Bill 642, covered four subjects related to abortions: parental consent for minors, tissue preservation,...
The Republic of the Congo's electoral commission announced Tuesday that voters have approved an amendment to the constitution that would allow President Denis Sassou Nguesso to extend his term in office. The amendment, approved by...
Egypt's state news agency MENA reported Monday that government security forces have arrested the secretary general of the Muslim Brotherhood Freedom and Justice Party and another top ranked member of the party. A source from...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) sent Moroccan officials a letter Monday claiming that a draft framework law before the country's parliament is in conflict with obligations to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities...
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Maryland on Friday dismissed a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and other human rights organizations...
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...