The suspect in the Tree of Life shooting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, appeared in court for the first time Monday following the murder of 11 people on Saturday. The US Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania, Scott Brady, announced in a news conference that the suspect, Robert Bowers, was advised by the federal magistrate judge [...]

Michael Lynk, UN Special Rapporteur for human rights in the occupied Palestinian territory called Wednesday for the international community to enforce annexation provisions of international law against Israel to halt their occupation of the West Bank. Lynk expressed concern about the continuing economic and social collapse of Gaza, stating: The United Nations stated in 2012 [...]

The World Health Organization, the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and UN Women issued a joint statement Wednesday calling on governments, health professionals and communities to take steps to end the practice of “virginity testing.” After a comprehensive systematic review of “virginity testing,” the practice of examining women to determine whether [...]