Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday denounced the detention and abuse of peaceful protesters in Armenia. Amidst growing dissatisfaction with the Armenian government, protesters have recently held frequent demonstration in the capital city of Yerevan....
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Sunday urged Iraqi military commanders to prevent historically abusive militias from participating in the campaign to retake the city of Mosul from the Islamic State (IS). Last March the Iraqi army began...
Brazilian authorities on Saturday arrested a man charged with committing war crimes in 1992 against the civilian population of former Yugoslavia. The search for wanted criminal Nikola Ceranic began in late June after Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH)...
The UK Home Office announced on Sunday that prosecutors will be encouraged to use tougher sentences against hate crimes in response to the nation's increasingly hostile environment since the EU referendum. Since the middle of June over 6,000...
UN Special Representative to Afghanistan Tadamichi Yamamoto stated on Sunday that the recent suicide bombings in Kabul amounted to a war crime. On Saturday two suicide bombers targeted Shiite Hazaras who were holding a peaceful demonstration to...
An advisory board to the African Union (AU) on Saturday accused the International Criminal Court (ICC) of narrowly focusing its investigations on African government leaders since its inception in 2002. Last April, AU members ordered ...
A South Korean senior prosecutor was arrested Sunday on bribery charges following investigations into his corrupt relationship with major online game company Nexon . Prosecutor Jin Kyung-joon was accused of taking the equivalent of USD $370,000...
The UK government on Friday rejected a petition calling for a second referendum vote to prevent the UK from leaving the European Union (EU) . The petition achieved 4.1 million signatures, surpassing the 100,000 signature...
The Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Saturday accused India of human rights violations after a recent clash between the Indian army and rebels in Kashmir. On Friday, rebels engaged in a firefight...
The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) voted on Thursday in favor of appointing an independent expert to report on and investigate worldwide violence and discrimination against the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community. The appointment passed...
