The UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association said Thursday that the "fundamental right to strike must be preserved." Special Rapporteur Maina Kiai's remarks were in...
The Colorado House of Representatives approved a bill on Thursday that would ban sexual orientation conversion therapy for people under 18. The bill would also make licensed physicians and mental health providers "subject to disciplinary...
Ikponwosa Ero , the UN's first Independent Expert on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism , called Friday for the "enhanced oversight" of traditional healers to ensure that they do not use...
The Mississippi Senate on Thursday voted in favor of adding more ways to carry out the death penalty. House Bill 638 , which passed in the Mississippi House of Representatives on...
UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar Yanghee Lee called Monday for an immediate end to persecution against the Rohingya Muslim population after she spent four days in the country. Lee said [press...
In a joint letter to European Union Commissioner of Migration, Human Affairs and Citizenship Dimitris Avramopolous on Friday, Human Rights Watch (HRW) and the Hungarian Helsinki Committee expressed their concern regarding Hungary's proposed migration...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Friday that the Israeli government denied a work permit to researcher Omar Shakir, citing anti-Israel bias from the organization. According to a translation of the letter sent from Israel's Interior...
The UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances urged Bangladesh on Friday to end enforced disappearances. The Working Group says that the number of enforced disappearances in Bangladesh has risen from a few cases...
A new law passed on Monday by Cambodia's parliament gives the Supreme Court the power to dissolve any political parties it finds unconstitutional. This law is seen as an attempt by Cambodian premier Hun Sen ...
Egypt's Court of Cassation , the nation's highest court, on Monday upheld the death penalty for 10 men involved in the Port Said Stadium Riot in which more than 70 individuals were killed after...
