The US House of Representatives on Wednesday approved the "Right to Try Act of 2017," which would give terminally ill patients the "right to try" unproven experimental treatments. Under the bill, the government would not be...
A UN report has identified profound human rights violations during the extended state of emergency in Turkey. The rights violated include deprivation of the right to work, torture, arbitrary detentions and infringements on the rights to freedom of...
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration Thursday for its "arbitrary detention" of asylum seekers. All of the plaintiffs named in the case are asylum seekers fleeing persecution, torture or death in...
Authorities in Germany have announced the death of Oskar Groening, a former Nazi SS officer who was known as "the bookkeeper of Auschwitz." Groening was sentenced last November to four years in prison...
UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Andrew Gilmour on Tuesday said that the "ethnic cleansing of Rohingya from Myanmar continues," after a four-day visit to Bangladesh. During his visit, he focused on the situation of thousands...
The Florida Senate passed a bill on Monday that would raise the age to buy a firearm from 18 to 21 and require a three-day waiting period for most firearm purchases. The bill would also ban...
A UN rights expert told the Human Rights Council that states are obligated to protect human rights defenders who assist hundreds of thousands of people who are on the move each year. The term "people on the move"...
Two women sued the college town of Starkville, Mississippi, Monday after it denied a permit for a gay pride parade. The women had submitted an application for a parade permit to the city of Starkville, following the city's...
True reconciliation and lasting peace in South Sudan will only be possible if people are both free and safe to express themselves, regardless of any of their affiliations, according to a UN report released Thursday. Conflict has persisted...
A UK High Court judge ruled Wednesday that the UK government's plan to combat air pollution is "unlawful" and "seriously flawed." Justice Garnham urged the government to investigate and identify ways to bring air quality back to its...
