UN Special Rapporteur Mutuma Ruteere called on member states Tuesday to do more to prevent racism, xenophobia and discrimination against migrants and Muslims. Ruteere stated that counterterrorism measures aid in influencing fear and discrimination against those of Middle...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein called Tuesday for an independent investigation into the human rights situation in Kasai. Kasai province is located in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and has...
The UN Human Rights Committee found Monday that Ireland must remedy harm done to a woman in 2010, after denying her an abortion. Siobhán Whelan had to travel to the UK to receive medical care. Whelan...
Both Israel and Palestine have failed to prosecute war crimes, according to a report presented Monday to the Human Rights Council . UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein submitted the report, reviewing...
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced charges against a federal contractor Monday for leaking classified material to a media source. Reality Leigh Winner operated under Pluribus International Corporation in Georgia at the time she...
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday granted certiorari in Husted v. A. Philip Randolph Institute , an Ohio voting case. The suit centers on Ohio's voter registration list maintenance process, which sends confirmation notices to...
The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on Tuesday to affirmed an order allowing a transgender male student to use the boy's restroom. The Kenosha Unified School District in Wisconsin would not allow Ash...
Ratko Mladić , a former Bosnian Serb commander, has filed a challenge to a UN court's rejection of his request to be sent to Russia, according to court documents released Tuesday. Mladić is seeking medical attention, as...
The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on Tuesday allowed a lawsuit by Wikimedia to proceed against the National Security Agency (NSA) . The suit claims that the NSA's use of Upstream...
The Dallas County Sheriff's Department issued an arrest warrant Friday for former Police Officer Roy Oliver over the murder of Jordan Edwards, a young black man. Oliver turned himself in that night. Roy Oliver was...