Amnesty International reported Monday that Tanzanian authorities have 'intensified their repression of dissent against the opposition, journalists, civil society and human rights defenders in a ...

The UN Security Council adopted a resolution on Friday that strengthens current sanctions on Haiti, extending them for a year, in order to mitigate persistent organized gang violence in the country.

The Supreme Court announced Monday it will consider whether a federal law prohibiting gun possession by unlawful drug users violates the Second Amendment, marking the latest firearms dispute to ...

Ghana's bodies of water are being poisoned by mercury and cyanide. Babies are being born with severe health conditions. And now a chorus of voices is demanding the president invoke emergency powers ...

US President Donald Trump recently claimed he has 'unquestioned power' under the Insurrection Act to deploy National Guard troops to San Francisco. The Insurrection Act grants the President ...

UN Special Rapporteur Pedro Arrojo Agudo urged global action on the democratization of water governance and the protection of human rights concerning access to water sources on Friday. According to ...

President Donald Trump announced the commutation of former New York Congressman George Santos’ prison sentence on Friday, ordering his immediate release. In a post on Truth Social, President Trump ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday called on Southeast Asian and global leaders gathering for the ASEAN Summit and East Asia Summit in Kuala Lumpur later this month to take a firm stand against ...

The UK Court of Appeal ruled on Friday that the British activist group Palestine Action may proceed with its legal challenge against the government’s decision to ban it under the Terrorism Act 2000.

Amnesty International on Thursday released Left Behind in the Storm, a report showing that Bangladesh is failing to ensure equal access to safe water and sanitation for Dalit women sanitation ...

A group of 78 rights organizations on Friday issued a joint statement condemning US sanctions on three Palestinian human rights organizations, raising concern over implications in the enforcement of ...

Amnesty International on Friday voiced concern over the possible closure of the Special Criminal Court (SCC) in the Central African Republic due to a lack of funding. The rights group stated that it ...