At a press conference on Friday, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights shared concerns over the "rapidly worsening security and human rights situation in Burundi," noting that 198 people have...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday called on the European Union (EU) and Western Balkans states to focus on remedying what it characterizes as deplorable conditions for asylum-seekers in Europe. With hundreds of thousands of...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday reported that police forces in Sri Lanka regularly torture and ill-treat criminal suspects in custody. HRW Asia director Brad Adams said, "he Sri Lankan police treat the use of torture...

The Indonesian province of Aceh has begun to enforce a law based on Sharia law which bans homosexual sex as well as adultery. Both locals and foreigners may now be punished with "100 strokes of the...

Governments must commit themselves to further action to globally improve housing conditions and urban development, UN Special Rapporteur on the right to housing Leilani Farha said Thursday. Farha made the statement as she was discussing...

UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of expression David Kaye spoke out on Thursday against governments and international organizations who lack protection for whistleblowers. Kaye believes that there are numerous whistleblowers who withhold information that should...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on Thursday urged the Czech Republic to stop detaining migrants and refugees in "degrading" conditions. According to Zeid, the numerous migrants and refugees who have arrived...

Two Brazilian lawyers filed a new petition on Wednesday in a renewed attempt to impeach President Dilma Rousseff , alleging she forged accounts in 2014. On Monday a parliamentary commission found there was no proof that...

The Court of Justice of the European Union ruled Thursday that converting cash into Bitcoin , a virtual currency that is used online and over the Internet, should be exempt from value added tax (VAT) [Swedish...

Fourteen members of Parliament in Vanuatu were sentenced to prison Thursday for bribery. Thirteen politicians reportedly accepted bribes of 35 million vatu (USD $312,000) from Deputy Prime Minister Moana Caracasses of the opposing party last year in...