A judge in Mexico's Third District for Penal Processes ruled in favor of extraditing Joaquín "el Chapo" Guzmán to the US, a federal court authority said on Monday. Guzmán faces charges of drug trafficking, kidnapping, money laundering and murder in...

Three UN rights experts on Monday urged the Egyptian government end its oppressive response towards human rights advocates in the country. The experts reported that Egypt has cracked down on protesters, journalists, lawyers and human rights defenders...

Egyptian Prosecutor General Nabil Sadek on Sunday referred at least 67 individuals for criminal proceedings in the assassination of chief prosecutor Hisham Barakat. The move comes after it was announced that six individuals were arrested or being...

The Hellenic Parliament voted Monday to reform their tax and pension systems in order to ensure the economic turn around of the country. The controversial reforms were apart of the agenda of Prime...

A UN human rights experts on Saturday said that detainees in Sri Lanka are still experiencing torture as a tactic used by criminal and terrorism investigators seven years after the country's civil war ended. The comments were made ...

An Egyptian court on Saturday sentenced six people, including three journalists, to death for allegedly leaking state secrets to Qatar. The three journalists were tried in absentia and will have the ability to appeal the ruling. However, a...

An El Salvador court agreed on Saturday to consider a civil case against former president Mauricio Funes for alleged illicit enrichment. An unexplained USD $728,000 in expenditures and income is being investigated, but no criminal charges [AP...

Pakistani human rights activist Khurram Zaki was killed by unidentified gunmen in Karachi on Saturday, according to local police. Four individuals on motorcycles approached a restaurant Zaki was in and opened fire , killing Zaki and...

Death row prisoners in India are facing inhumane treatment , according to a two-part report released Friday by the Death Penalty Research Project at the National Law University in Delhi . The...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced Friday that he does not plan to change the country's anti-terrorism law, a requirement of a deal struck between Turkey and EU in March. Erdoğan made the announcement ...