The conditions on Greek Islands for asylum seekers has been labeled as "untenable" by the European Commission due to heavy snowfall in the region, said a spokesperson on Monday. The islands have seen a steady flow of refugees...

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta signed a controversial law Monday that may impact the August elections. The law enables a paper recount of votes in the event that the electronic systems fail. Though a victory for the majority Jubilee...

A UN Independent Expert has warned that increasing austerity measures to the American territory will threaten residents' human rights. Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky , the Independent Expert, stated that "ensuring financial stability, controlling public debt and reducing...

Indian police are accused of raping at least 16 women in Chhattisgarh in Bijapur district in October 2015, stated National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Saturday. NHRC said that the "human rights of the victims have...

A group of 10,000 British motorists have filed a class action lawsuit seeking compensation following Volkswagen's (VW) diesel emissions scandal. Damon Parker, the head litigator at Harcus Sinclair , the law firm handling the suit, claims...

Thailand's National Reform Steering Committee, which is appointed by the military, proposed a new law on Monday stating that Thai officials convicted of corruption involving more than 1 billion baht (USD $28 million) would be eligible for the death...

A UN human rights expert expressed concern Monday for nine human rights activists imprisoned in Iran. Among those activists, eight are believed to be on life threatening hunger strikes, according to the UN Special Rapporteur on the human...

The Burundi government arrested six people on Saturday in connection with the murder of the country's water, environment and planning minister, Emmanuel Niyonkuru, who was shot in the head shortly after midnight on New Year's Eve. While...

Secretary General of the Norwegian Refugee Council Jan Egeland on Thursday stated that the interruption of water that has left millions of Syrians without clean access to water constitutes a war crime. The secretary, who acts as...

Former president of Chad Hissène Habré will begin his appeal on Monday against the life sentence and fines imposed on him this past summer by the Extraordinary African Chambers , a body created...