An Egyptian criminal court on Saturday sentenced Mohamed Badie and 88 other Muslim Brotherhood members to life imprisonment for their role in a 2013 attack on a police station. First reported by Middle East News Agency (MENA),...

A UN human rights expert called Thursday on the Chinese government and relevant businesses to ensure transparency in the investigation of a chemical disaster in Tianjin, including both the causes and effects of the explosion. "The Chinese...

Senegal's highest court on Thursday upheld a graft conviction and six-year prison term against Karim Wade, the son of former president Abdoulaye Wade . Karim Wade, who had several portfolios within his father's government and presidential...

An independent UN human rights expert on Friday commended Mauritania for adopting a new law that establishes harsher sentences for slavery crimes, urging full implementation. The law adopted last week by the Mauritanian National Assembly doubles prison...

A group of UN human rights experts on Thursday condemned an Azerbaijan court for the convictions of prominent human rights activists Leyla and Arif Yunus. The experts called the convictions "politically motivated and representative of the continuing...

Former Iranian prosecutor Saeed Mortazavi was acquitted Wednesday of murder charges relating to the 2009 killing of three prisoners which he oversaw. The prisoners were detained in 2009 for protesting against former President Mahmous Ahmedinejad's ...

Tianjin Mayor Huang Xingguo said Wednesday that the owners of the hazmat facility that exploded in the city last week used their political connections get the facility built despite violating a great deal of safety rules. One...

The Israel Supreme Court on Wednesday suspended the administrative detention of a Palestinian man who has been on a two-month hunger strike. The prisoner, Mohammad Allan, had been on a hunger strike since June 16 in order...

The Royal Thai Police on Wednesday issued an arrest warrant, based on a sketch from a security video, for a foreign man thought to be the bomber who targeted and bombed the Erawan Shrine in Bangkok...

Human Rights Watch on Wednesday criticized Egypt's new counterterrorism law saying it infringes on freedom of the press. The new law also gives prosecutors the power to detain suspects without a court order. The HRW...