The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on Friday urged authorities in the Gambian capital of Banjul to release detained protesters. The UN stated that it has received reports that the protesters,...

The Senate Armed Services Committee approved a measure that would permit detainees at Guantanamo Bay to plead guilty for their crimes through video conferencing, and would also allow the transfer of detainees to third-world countries to...

The Supreme Court of India upheld a set of defamation laws Friday, finding them to be constitutionally valid. The laws were challenged by opposing politicians as an impediment on free speech. The ruling recognized a legitimate interest...

The UN Committee Against Torture (CAT) , a body of independent experts, released closing remarks to its fifty-seventh session Friday, expressing concern about the use of excessive force by Israeli forces against Palestinians. Last week the...

Armed opposition groups in Syria are committing war crimes around the Sheikh Maqsoud district of Aleppo city, Amnesty International (AI) said Friday. The human rights group found that these armed opposition groups are routinely carrying out...

The UK Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously rejected claims by approximately 600 Iraqi civilians that they were extrajudicially detained and physically abused by British forces. The suit, brought by 14 "lead claimants" representing approximately 600...

Nearly 150 individuals, including 11 children, have died this year in Nigeria's military detention barracks, Amnesty International (AI) reported Wednesday. According to the report, the Giwa detention barracks detains around 1,200 people, many of whom...

Bangladesh authorities on Wednesday executed Motiur Rahman Nizami for war crimes during the the 1971 war of independence. Nizami , a leader of the banned Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami , was convicted for war crimes including rape and...

The UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria on Wednesday called on factions on both sides of the Syrian civil war to ensure their targets are not unlawful civilian sites such as hospitals. The statement comes after...

Two former Rwandan mayors went on trial Tuesday in the Assize Court of Paris on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during the 1994 Rwandan genocide. The two men, Tito Barahira and...