The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) failed to investigate the Libyan civilians killed by air strikes which assisted in the downfall of Muammar Gaddafi , Amnesty International (AI) reported [text, PDF;...

The US has sent at least 11 detainees to a facility in Afghanistan that has been shown to torture prisoners, two human rights groups reported Saturday. The Open Society Institute of New York and the Afghan Independent...

John Demjanjuk , a retired Ohio autoworker convicted of being an accessory to over 28,000 murders as a guard at a Nazi extermination camp, died in a nursing home Saturday at the age of 91. Demjanjuk, who...

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Friday urged the Ukrainian government to ensure that former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko receive adequate medical treatment . Tymoshenko, who was convicted of abusing her...

Protesters in Morocco rallied Saturday to call for reform of a law that prohibits punishing rapists of minors if they marry their victims. Moroccan Penal Code Article 475, along with provisions that allow judges to require marriage...

Mauritania announced on Saturday that they have arrested former Libyan chief of intelligence Abdullah al-Senussi, who served under Muammar Gaddafi . Libya's National Transitional Council (NTC) , the International Criminal Court (ICC) ...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay stated on Thursday that Guatemalan government authorities remain willing to solve human rights issues in the country but nonetheless have failed to comply with the 1996 Peace...

The Italian Supreme Court on Friday recognized same-sex couple's right to have a family life after it denied a same-sex couple's right to have their foreign marriage recognized in the country. The ruling is expected...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay urged the people of Guinea-Bissau Friday to ensure that the country's upcoming presidential election is free and fair and warned that any violence during the election...

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