China accused the US of numerous human rights abuses on Thursday in its Human Rights Record of the US in 2006 , the Chinese state response to US criticism in Tuesday's publication of the...
The US State Department announced Tuesday that once again the United States will not run for a seat on the Geneva-based UN Human Rights Council . The US said...
Italian patient's rights group Associazione Lucacoscioni said Tuesday that prosecutors have cleared anesthesiologist Dr. Mario Riccio, the physician being investigated for assisting in the December death of...
Reporters will not be allowed to attend hearings that will determine if the 14 "high-value" terror suspects who were transferred to Guantanamo Bay from secret CIA prisons last September are "enemy combatants,"...
A team of Swiss forensic pathologists from Institute of Legal Medicine at Lausanne University Friday announced the results of an autopsy on deceased Guantanamo Bay detainee Ahmed Ali Abdullah , concluding...
A three judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit threw out a lawsuit challenging Ohio's death penalty procedure Friday on the grounds that the claim was filed too late....
The Washington State Senate passed a domestic partnership bill (SB 5336) Thursday which would establish a domestic partner registry, giving same-sex couples enhanced rights including inheritance, hospital visitation, and the power to authorize...
The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) officially launched Thursday, taking over and expanding the responsibilities of the former European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia (EUMC) ....
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday denied that the Japanese military forced Korean and Chinese women into prostitution during World War II, echoing sentiments by Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso ...
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) President Jakob Kellenberger told reporters Friday that all sides of the conflict in the Sudan are violating international humanitarian law . The statement came after Kellenberger completed...
