The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Tuesday that it will be not pursue charges against the six Baltimore police officers for the death of Freddie Gray, finding there was insufficient evidence prove beyond a...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein called the situation in Myanmar "a textbook example of ethnic cleansing" at the opening of the UN Human Rights Council's 36th regular session Monday. During his...
A Guatemalan congressional committee on Sunday recommended that President Jimmy Morales' immunity should be voided so the attorney general and the UN can investigate illegal campaign financing allegations. According to the attorney general and head of the International Commission against...
The European Court of Justice on Wednesday ruled that Slovakia and Hungary must host asylum seekers as a part of the EU migration policy . Slovakia and Hungary filed a complaint arguing that it was...
The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Tuesday stayed an injunction that had blocked the Texas voter ID law , allowing its implementation. The injunction was put in place ...
Former prison nurse Jesse Vroegh filed a lawsuit in Polk County District Court on Monday under the Iowa Civil Rights Act and equal protection clause of Iowa Constitution claiming the Iowa's...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on Tuesday urged people to refrain from violence against Myanmar security forces, for authorities to adhere to human rights law, and for authorities to prohibit use of provocative...
Kenya Supreme Court ordered the election commission on Monday to allow Raila Odinga's National Super Alliance (NASA) and Uhuru Kenyatta's Jubilee Party limited access to its computer servers and electronic devices to assess the vote-count for themselves to verify the...
Guatemala's Constitutional Court issued an order Sunday blocking the expulsion of the lead UN anti-corruption official only hours after President Jimmy Morales ordered his expulsion. Morales argued that Ivan Velasquez, head of the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG)...
Myanmar's parliament amended the 2013 Telecommunications Law on Friday amidst growing concerns regarding the freedom of expression. The new law permits judges to release people on bail, allows only those directly affected, or with permission from...