A group of UN human rights experts on Monday urged Western Australia's Parliament to reject anti-protest legislation being debated Tuesday. Parliament members indicated that the goal of the bill was to prevent people from locking themselves onto objects...

UN human rights expert Michel Forst on Tuesday urged the Hungarian government to "stop stigmatising and intimidating human rights defenders." Forst said that defenders of human rights have been working in "polarised and politicised environment"...

EU foreign ministers on Monday agreed to lift most of the EU's economic sanctions against Belarus, citing improvements [press release in the country's human rights record. The Council of the EU cited Belarus' participation in various organizations and negotiations including...

Moroccan authorites' approach and response to domestic abuse is insufficient and "tepid" across the board , Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a letter to the Moroccan government on Monday. The report cites a study done...

Bahraini authorities arrested four US journalists covering the five-year anniversary of the nation's 2011 uprising and formally charged them on Tuesday. The journalists were charged with unlawful obstruction of vehicles and attending unlawful gatherings for their alleged...

A UN human rights expert on Monday urged the UK and Sweden to accept the recent decision which determined that Julian Assange , founder of the controversial website WikiLeaks , has been arbitrarily detained since 2010....

The UN rights office on Tuesday condemned Monday's airstrikes in Syria, which hit hospitals and schools in the region, saying they may constitute war crimes. The airstrikes resulted in 45 deaths and dozens of more...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on Tuesday expressed concern over China's recent crackdown on lawyers and activists. The commissioner stated that civil society workers should be protected by the state,...

A group of UN human rights experts on Monday demanded the immediate release of five foreign-national detainees that have been held by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for the past 18 months. The prisoners were incarcerated...

UN Special Rapporteur on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea Marzuki Darusman is asking the UN to provide North Korea with notice that Kim Jong Un may be investigated for crimes against humanity. In a report...