Settlement businesses contribute to Israel's violations of Palestinian rights, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report Tuesday. The report stated that, "it is Human Rights Watch's view that by virtue of doing business in or with...
Peter Dahlin, a Swedish rights advocate who had been detained in China on charges of endangering state security, confessed his crimes on Chinese state television on Tuesday. In the interview, which aired on State Broadcaster CCTV,...
California attorney Michael Newdow filed suit Monday in the US District Court for the Northern District of Ohio seeking the removal of the phrase "In God We Trust" from US Currency. Newdow represents 49...
Ugandan authorities are using intimidation and force against journalists, radio hosts and activists, limiting the possibilities that the upcoming presidential election in February is fair and unbiased, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report Sunday....
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on Wednesday said that the Thai government should fully investigate the whereabouts of at least 82 people listed as disappeared, and criminalize forced disappearance through legislation....
A sharia high court in Nigeria on Wednesday sentenced cleric Abdulaziz Dauda and nine others to death by hanging for committing blasphemy against the Islamic Prophet Muhammad. The prosecution claimed that Duada, a preacher also known as Abdul...
The Venezuelan Supreme Court on Wednesday blocked four recently elected lawmakers from taking their seats in the General Assembly . Three are anti-government and one is member of the socialist party ....
Gambia's parliament approved a bill on Thursday banning female genital mutilation (FGM) and setting high penalties of imprisonment and fines for offenders. The passage of the law comes a month after Gambian President Yahya Jammeh condemned...
The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals placed a temporary injunction on Wednesday on an order from Utah Governor Gary Herbert which would have ended the state's contract with Planned Parenthood and cut federal funding...
United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged both parties to the Burundian conflict yesterday upon the resumption of talks between Burundian stakeholders that continued dialogue between the parties is needed to prevent a relapse...
