Amnesty International and the Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) intervened Monday on behalf of Zambian residents in an appeal in a South African mining case. South Africa's Supreme Court of ...

UN human rights experts raised concerns on Tuesday over 'repeated and systematic lethal attacks' directed by the US against vessels in the 'Caribbean and Eastern Pacific,' which could constitute war ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) raised alarm on Wednesday over a spike in cholera cases in Haiti’s West department. The statement emphasized 'the urgent need for coordinated, long-term action to restore ...

Voters in six states Tuesday approved sweeping constitutional amendments that restrict voting access, limit judicial discretion on bail and constrain future legislative authority, raising concerns ...

Chief Judge John McConnell for the US District Court of Rhode Island ruled Tuesday that the Department of Transportation (DOT) cannot require states to cooperate with federal immigration authorities ...

The UN adopted the Doha Political Declaration at the second World Summit for Social Development in Qatar on Tuesday, calling on countries to 'integrate quality education as a core component of ...

UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk praised Australia's first formal treaty with Indigenous Peoples on Monday, calling it a 'historic step toward self-determination for the country's First Peoples.' ...

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Monday urged Indian authorities to protect Washington Post columnist and investigative journalist Rana Ayyub and her family after she received multiple ...

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Monday urged Spanish authorities to swiftly investigate an attack on reporter José Ismael Martínez that occurred during clashes between police and ...

Moldovan authorities must swiftly investigate death threats sent to an investigative journalist following her public interview with a well-known political figure, the Committee to Protect ...

The Office of the Prosecutor, OTP of the International Criminal Court ICC, on Monday expressed deep concern over recent reports emerging about mass killings, rapes, and other crimes allegedly ...

The NAACP's Virginia Chapter on Monday sued the Virginia Board of Elections for unlawfully rejecting college students' applications and same-day registration provisional ballots. The complaint ...