The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) determined 3-1 Tuesday that student assistants working at private colleges are statutory employees covered by the National Labor Relations Act. The case was filed by graduate students at Columbia University...
UN humans rights experts on Wednesday urged the government of Bangladesh to repeal the death sentence imposed upon Mir Quasem Ali, an opposition member of the Jamaat-e-Islami party. The experts stated that "Mr. Ali's trial and appeal processes...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein expressed his concerns Wednesday regarding Indian and Pakistani authorities refusing to allow the Human Rights Council access to Kashmir. The High Commissioner emphasized the importance of access to...
Australian Immigration Minister Peter Dutton announced Wednesday that the governments of Australia and Papua New Guinea plan to close the controversial Manus Island detention center. Since 2012 Australia has sent asylum seekers to offshore detention centers where they...
Chinese human rights lawyer Zhou Shifeng was sentenced to seven years in prison Thursday for his role as director of Beijing's Fengrui Law Firm. Zhou was accused of opposing China's government and political system. The verdict stated that...
Texas agreed to a deal Wednesday that will weaken their voter identification law and allow voters to cast ballots in the November election even if they lack all documents required by the law. The agreement will require Texas...
Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch reported Wednesday that Australia is ignoring inhumane treatment of refugees on the South Pacific island of Nauru in the hopes of deterring additional refugees from traveling to Australia. Individuals caught trying to travel...
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed his concern for the human rights violations faced by the Yazidi minority in Northern Iraq on Wednesday, stating that actions of the Islamic State (IS) may amount to genocide. Two years ago the...
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Wednesday ordered Ronald Reagan shooter John Hinckley Jr. released from a government psychiatric hospital. Hinckley was found not guilty by reason of insanity in...
Baltimore City State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby announced Wednesday that charges against the three remaining officers facing trial in connection with Freddie Gray's death will be dropped . While in police custody in 2015, Gray sustained a spinal...
