A UN expert on Friday warned of the gradual erosion of the rights of human rights defenders and activists in Sweden, amid ongoing restrictions on their ability to exercise their freedoms of ...

Amnesty International on Friday condemned the recently adopted 'Criminal Procedure Regulation of the Courts' (De Mahakumu Jazaai Osulnama) in Afghanistan, citing concerns that the piece of ...

A United Nations special rapporteur warned Friday that air pollution is contributing to widespread human rights violations worldwide, calling on governments to take urgent action to reduce pollution ...

A group of UN experts warned Friday that the genocide in Gaza is spilling into the West Bank as a wider war engulfs the region. The experts argue that Israeli policy is designed to coerce ...

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday introduced a proposed rule that would establish a formal procedure for reviewing complaints and allegations of professional misconduct against ...

Hong Kong media tycoon and Apple Daily founder Jimmy Lai will not appeal his national security conviction or the accompanying 20-year prison sentence, according to one of his lawyers and a Friday ...

Amnesty International warned on Wednesday that concerns remain over the criminalization of human rights defender Fidel Zavala in El Salvador, urging authorities to drop the unfounded criminal ...

Indonesia announced on Friday a new policy banning social media and online platforms for children under the age of 16, aiming to protect youth from online abuse. Under the new regulation, existing ...

The Hong Kong Court of First Instance upheld a revised policy that limits journalists' access to the vehicle registry on Friday. To obtain the particulars of a vehicle, journalists must now make a ...

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that New Jersey Transit Corporation (NJ Transit) is not an 'arm of the State' of New Jersey, and it cannot claim sovereign immunity against personal injury ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported on Thursday that Germany's proposed amendment to the basic income program for job seekers would undermine fundamental human rights and violate the country's ...

The state of Minnesota sued US President Donald Trump's administration on Monday to prevent it from withholding $243 million in Medicaid funding, warning it may have to cut health care for ...