Most of the victims of a recent massacre in Houla, Syria , were shot at close range, including women and children, the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) revealed...
Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Ivan Simonovic on Friday addressed the recent increase in violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the resulting human rights...
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Friday rejected a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request arising out of 2010 cyber attack on Google targeting...
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday urged the Israeli government to try or release more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners without delay to avoid any further risk on their health condition. The prisoners, who...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged the National Assembly of Kosovo Wednesday to remove certain provisions in the draft criminal code that they claim violate freedom of the press . In a letter , HRW...
A Chinese court agreed on Monday to hear the case brought by dissident artist Ai Weiwei . Ai challenged the government's imposition of 15 million yuan (USD $2.4 million) tax evasion penalty on Fake Cultural Development Ltd. which...
A South African court on Tuesday ordered an investigation into allegations of human rights violations committed under Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe . The allegations include torture and other crimes committed in Zimbabwe prior to the...
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Thursday confirmed and proceeded with the transfer of former Rwandan pastor Jean-Bosco Uwinkindi to Rwanda. Uwinkindi is the first ICTR genocide suspect...
International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo said Thursday that Libya has gathered evidence to bring Saif al-Islam Gaddafi to trial. Saif al-Islam, the son of former Libyan leader...
Human rights violations continue in Bahrain despite reforms, Amnesty International (AI) reported Tuesday. After the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry (BICI) released a report in November concerning...
