Israel has occupied the West Bank through human rights abuses for the past fifty-years, stated Human Rights Watch (HRW)(advocacy website) Sunday. According to HRW, Israel has violated international humanitarian law during the occupation through "unlawful killings; forced displacement;...

The United Nations Security Council decided on Friday to expand existing sanctions placed on Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) and applied those sanctions to 14 individuals and four organizations. The expansion of resolution...

President Donald Trump made a series of tweets on Saturday to profess the need for his travel ban stemming from the London attack . Trump also phoned British Prime Minister Theresa May ...

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein called on the Government of Bahrain on Friday to investigate the deaths of five protesters that occurred during a security operation last week. The protesters...

Family members of human rights lawyer Jiang Tianyong said Friday that police have informed them of his formal arrest and his decision to dismiss all legal counsel. The legal activist disappeared in November after publicizing...

Japan's lower house of parliament passed a bill Friday allowing Emperor Akihito to step down and calling for a debate on women emperors in the male-dominated monarchy. Emperor Akihito, who has been on the throne for nearly...

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro pledged Thursday to hold a referendum on a new controversial constitution that he has proposed. Maduro's pledge to rewrite the national charter has led to two months of protests...

The UN Working Group on business and human rights on Thursday urged Canada to address human rights abuses resulting from business activities, both domestic and international. The experts, after a 10-day trip to Canada, specifically referred...

John Knox, the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment, urged all governments Thursday to fulfill their existent obligations to protect the world's biological diversity from extinction. Knox warned:The extinction of species and the loss...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein said Thursday that Egypt's new NGO law will further restrict human rights advocacy. Law 70, which was passed on May 24, 2017, requires...