A federal judge in Florida on Wednesday extended the voter registration deadline due to the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew. The Florida Democratic Party originally filed the lawsuit on Sunday, and Judge Mark Walker of the US...
Police in Vietnam announced on Tuesday that they have detained a popular blogger in the country for posts criticizing the government. Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh, known as "Mother Mushroom" in English, was charged with spreading anti-state propaganda by...
According to a report released Monday, the Obama administration conducted a $1.3 billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia last year despite warnings that such contribution to the country's activities could implicate the US for war crimes. The information...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on Monday reiterated a call for an international investigative body in Yemen to handle allegations of violations of international human rights laws . following an attack on...
A spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein said Tuesday that Zeid is "seriously concerned" about human rights violations in India-administered Jammu and Kashmir . Rupert Colville, the spokesperson...
The Harare High Court in Zimbabwe on Tuesday upheld a 30-day ban against protests in the capital. The lawsuit was brought by Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) on behalf of many organizations, and challenged the ban based...
A UN children's rights expert on Monday stated that Syria's continued infliction of harm on children is a "brutal abdication of human rights obligations they have committed to respect." Benyam Dawit Mezmur , Chair of the...
Thailand on Monday opened a specialized corruption court in hopes of finalizing cases more quickly and possibly expanding the reach of the cases that can be tried. Government corruption was one of the rationales provided for the military coup two...
Amnesty International (AI) on Wednesday released a report detailing the prevalence of torture employed by Thai authorities and claiming the military government has led to a "culture of torture" . "Make Him Speak by Tomorrow," named...
A Norwegian court of appeals on Wednesday rejected a lawsuit against the country's government from Edward Snowden . Snowden received a free-speech award from Norsk PEN, the country's branch of PEN International . Snowden,...
