Members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) community are experiencing a "vortex of violence and discrimination" on a global level, including hate speech and rampant social media attacks, according to a statement made Tuesday by...

The Islamic State (IS) has used chemical weapons more than 52 times in Syria and Iraq since 2014, according to a report released Tuesday by London-based analytical group IHS Markit . More than 19 of...

Azra Basic, a Croatian woman wanted for war crimes she allegedly committed against Serbs during the 1992-95 war, was extradited from the US to Bosnia Herzegovina on Tuesday. A report from the Prosecutor's Office of BiH stated [press...

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said Tuesday that the government would withdraw a controversial bill that may have allowed men to marry girls under 18 without being guilty of sexual assault. The bill would have...

US President-elect Donald Trump announced Monday that he would issue a notification of intent to withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) on his first day in office. Trump called the TPP a "potential disaster for our...

Egypt's Court of Cassation on Tuesday overturned the life sentences of former president Mohamed Morsi and 16 other members of the Muslim Brotherhood. Morsi had been convicted for conspiring with the Palestinian...

A group of UN human rights experts expressed concern Monday over countries attempting to retroactively block a mandate of an independent expert to investigate sexual orientation and gender identity-based rights abuses. The resolution was approved by the...

The UN Human Rights Committee has ordered the Sri Lankan government to provide Canadian Roy Samathanam with "adequate compensation" for his unlawful detention and torture. The committee determined that Sri Lanka needed...

The Catholic Church in Rwanda on Sunday issued an apology for its role in the Rwandan Genocide in a statement read aloud to parishioners. The Church acknowledged that many members engaged in wrongdoing, including the planning,...

Two organizations Bahrain established in 2011 to protect human rights, the Ombudsman of the Ministry of the Interior and the Special Investigations Unit (SIU), have not adequately protected its citizens from allegations of torture, Amnesty International (AI) reported...