The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said Tuesday that new measures put in place by many European countries are too restrictive and place undue hardships on refugees and asylum-seekers. The measures at issue include daily...
Apple Inc. on Monday asked the US government to create a panel of experts to discuss issues of security versus privacy , stemming from the emergence of a legal conflict between law enforcement and the company last...
Ohio Governor John Kasich signed a bill into law on Sunday that prohibits state contracts with organizations that promote or perform abortions. Although not specifically named in the bill, the legislation will prevent about...
A group of UN human rights experts on Monday urged Western Australia's Parliament to reject anti-protest legislation being debated Tuesday. Parliament members indicated that the goal of the bill was to prevent people from locking themselves onto objects...
Moroccan authorites' approach and response to domestic abuse is insufficient and "tepid" across the board , Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a letter to the Moroccan government on Monday. The report cites a study done...
The Basic Court of Pec, a region in western Kosovo, has issued an indictment charging 14 Serbians in the region with committing war crimes in 1999. Although charging the suspects in Pec, the arrest warrants appear to show...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a report Monday stating hundreds of women who were victims of rape during the 2007-2008 Kenyan post-election violence are still suffering from long-term trauma, poverty, and social exclusion, and the Kenyan government...
A spokesperson for the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said Monday that at least 21 people died in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in attacks aimed at Hutus, with 40...
The international Venice Commission, a branch of the Council of Europe , began an investigation Monday into Poland's recent changes to its Constitutional Court . The review was requested by Polish officials after the...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on Monday urged Turkey to investigate the shooting of unarmed civilians . The incident in Cizre , a city in the mainly Kurdish southeastern region of...
