Coup leader Amadou Haya Sanogo, who took control of Mali last month, on Friday signed an agreement in which he agreed to return constitutional power to the country. The coup, headed by Sanogo took power over...
Two Russian gay rights activists were arrested in St. Petersburg on Thursday for violating a new law banning promotion of homosexuality to minors that became effective last month . The two activists were arrested for picketing against the...
Ukraine's Office of the Prosecutor General on Monday granted a request for former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko to receive medical treatment outside of the jail in...
A French court in the town of Rouen decided that French-Rwandan citizen Claude Muhayimana can be sent to Rwanda to face charges concerning his involvement in the 1994 Rwandan genocide , reports said on Friday. An international arrest...
The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Friday urged the Chilean government to pass a new law aimed to protect its citizens from discrimination based on their sexual and gender identities. Spokesperson...
UN High Commissioner for Human RightsNavi Pillay on Monday cited enforced disappearances as one of the most heinous crimes during her opening statement to the Committee on Enforced Disappearances. Pillay complimented the committee for focusing part...
More than 20 Iraqi police officers were arrested and face interrogation Saturday following the escape of 19 detainees from a temporary prison in Iraq. The group of escapees, who were being held at the al-Tasfirat prison in the city...
The Supreme Court of Canada on Friday issued a decision requiring sentencing judges to consider the history of oppression that Aboriginal offenders may have experienced when determining appropriate sentences. The court determined that sentencing judges should...
The Italian Supreme Court on Friday recognized same-sex couple's right to have a family life after it denied a same-sex couple's right to have their foreign marriage recognized in the country. The ruling is expected...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay urged the people of Guinea-Bissau Friday to ensure that the country's upcoming presidential election is free and fair and warned that any violence during the election...
