The United Nations (UN) on Friday said that it is becoming increasingly alarmed by "catastrophic" levels of suffering in Nigeria, as more rights violations are being exposed while the anti-Boko Haram military campaign advances ....

The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and data analysis company Upturn released the Body Worn Cameras Scorecard on Saturday, a report which concluded that the policies concerning civil rights and the use of body...

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie signed the Sweeney Bill (SB 2061) into law on Thursday, increasing the accidental death benefits for surviving children of fallen state troopers to 70% of final compensation. The Sweeney Bill amendments...

The UN Security Council expressed regret on Friday regarding postponed elections in Somalia. The council called on all parties to implement the 2016 electoral calendar without delay. The parliamentary elections, planned to take place...

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals granted a stay of execution on Friday for murder accomplice Jeffrey Lee Wood. Wood and Daniel Reneau attempted to rob a gas station in 1996. Wood waited in...

The United Nations (UN) issued a report on Thursday detailing the "terrible atrocities" committed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) against the Yezidi people and other ethnic and...

A group of human rights experts for the UN called upon Turkey's government to uphold its international human rights obligations, despite declared emergency following failed coup. In particular, the experts ask that Turkey does not invoke Article 4...

Polish prosecutors said Thursday that they have begun an investigation into Constitutional Tribunal head, Andrzej Rzeplinski, to determine if he abused his power in preventing judges appointed by the ruling party to take part in decisions. Likely the...

Angela Merkel, through the Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere , said on Friday that women should be banned from wearing a face veil in various areas, including in school and while driving. On the partial face veil...

A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of Florida on Thursday permanently blocked portions of a Florida law that would stop funding to Planned Parenthood following Governor Rick Scott's decision...