There is a strong correlation between corruption and social exclusion worldwide, Transparency International (TI) argued in its annual Corruption Perceptions Index released Wednesday. However, TI is careful to note that correlation is not the same...

The General Court of the European Union upheld the 2014 sanctions levied against the Russian arms manufacturer Almaz-Antey after the company's involvement in undermining the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine. The court found...

The State Duma of the in the Russian Federation , the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia, voted to approve a bill aimed at de-criminalizing domestic assault when committed by...

Following a clemency order issued by President Pierre Nkurunziza , Burundi's government began releasing scores of prisoners on Wednesday. Included in those released were prisoners accused of endangering state security. This group of 300 released prisoners is...

Authorities in Kuwait executed seven people on Wednesday, including Kuwaiti prince Faisal Abudallah Al Jaber Al Sabah. These are the first executions in the country since 2013. Al Sabah was convicted for premeditated murder in the death of...

A journalist and a graduate student at MIT filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against eight federal agencies for records on attorney general nominee Jeff Sessions . Jason Leopold and Ryan Shapiro allege the agencies improperly refused to...

UN Special Rapporteur Michel Forst delivered a preliminary report on Tuesday recommending to authorities in Mexico on how to improve the protection of human rights defenders. According to Forst, the growing impunity in Mexico "has...

Two UN human rights experts pressed the Royal Government of Cambodia to release five human rights defenders on Wednesday. The defenders were detained in May over allegations that they assisted a woman accused of making false claims while...

The US House of Representatives on Tuesday approved legislation that prohibits the use of federal funds on abortions. The act, titled "No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2017," would prohibit the...

A spokesperson for UN Secretary-General António Guterres stated Tuesday that the latest Israeli settlement plans creates an obstacle to a two-state solution for Israel and Palestine, which is a "great concern to the Secretary-General." Israel plans [Al Jazeera...