United Nations (UN) Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon submitted a report issued together with the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons yesterday detailing an in-depth investigation into chemical warfare used by ISIS and...

The legal branch of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) published a report yesterday that was the fifth in a series detailing the findings of investigations into the 2014 Gaza war. The report released the results of...

The Deputy US Attorney General announced Thursday that the Department of Justice (DOJ) will phase out privately operated prisons. The report states the DOJ's intent to focus on the rehabilitative aspects of incarceration will be better...

The India branch of Amnesty International (AI) temporarily closed its office Wednesday after the organization was accused of sedition and anti-India sentiments. The accusations arose after AI promoted a human rights seminar in Kashmir, focusing on alleged human...

A US Senator on Wednesday released a Pentagon Report detailing the profiles of those currently detained in and recently released from the Guantanamo Bay detention center. Senator Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) concluded that closing the facility would not...

Maldives President Yameen Abdul Gayoom on Thursday signed into law a controversial bill criminalizing defamation with fines and jail terms despite widespread criticism. The UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of expression David Kaye issued a warning ...

A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois ruled Tuesday that former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich must serve the rest of his 14-year sentence in a Colorado prison. Judge James Zagel ruled [Reuters...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on Tuesday urged the Maldives to abide by a decades-old moratorium on the death penalty. The country has operated according to the de facto moratorium for...

A judge for the US District Court for the Middle District of Alabama on Thursday dismissed a suit filed by suspended Alabama Supreme Court Justice Roy Moore against the Judicial Inquiry Commission (JIC) . The...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein said Thursday that South Sudan government (SPLA) security forces have killed and raped citizens and looted and destroyed public and private property. The rights chief called on the UN Security...