The Pentagon announced Friday that the Periodic Review Board (PRB) has cleared Afghani Guantanamo detainee Obaidullah for release after almost 15 years of detainment. Obaidullah was captured in November 2002 when...

A spokesperson for the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on Friday repeated its earlier request for the Mexican government to investigate human rights violations in Tlatlaya in Mexico State. Among the...

Moise Katumbi, Democratic Republic of Congo presidential hopeful, was indicted on Thursday for hiring foreign mercenaries. According to a Reuters report, Katumbi is claimed to have hired the mercenaries in a plot against the state ...

The UK's High Court of Justice struck down a challenge by several cigarette companies against requiring plain packaging on cigarette packaging. In its almost 400-page decision , the court upheld the Standardised Packaging of Tobacco Products...

Venezuela's Supreme Tribunal of Justice (STJ) on Thursday ruled that an economic state of emergency declared by President Nicolas Maduro is constitutional. The declaration, issued on May 13, gives the president special reach...

A spokesperson for the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Friday condemned Iranian authorities for the sentencing of Nargis Mohammadi, an anti-death penalty activist. Mohammadi is currently being held in Evin Prison, which...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on Thursday welcomed the measures being taken by pharmaceutical giant Pfizer to prevent the use of its drugs in state-sponsored execution by lethal injection. Pfizer announced...

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau introduced legislation Tuesday that would ban transgender discrimination, including it within Canada's hate crime laws. In his announcement of the legislation, Trudeau stated "everyone deserves to live free of...

The US Senate unanimously approved a bill on Tuesday that would let the families of those killed in the September 11 attacks sue Saudi Arabia for any role it had in the terrorist...

Islamic State (IS) militants have executed 49 people in the Libyan city of Sirte since seizing control in February 2015, Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Wednesday. According to the report, IS has taken...