UN Special Rapporteur Margaret Satterthwaite on Friday stated that Guatemala's legal system is at a turning point, stressing that the country's democratic future depends on whether upcoming judicial ...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk expressed deep concern on Friday over the escalating hostilities in South Sudan since February, warning that the hostilities could further worsen ...

Amnesty International on Friday called upon Ethiopian authorities to negotiate with striking medical professionals and release those detained for peaceful protests, urging the country to protect the ...

Former Director of the US Copyright Office Shira Perlmutter filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump's administration on Thursday for improper termination after she was fired earlier this ...

Army-backed militias, collectively known as the 'Wazalendo,' committed widespread human rights abuses against civilians in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), according to Human Rights Watch ...

The US Supreme Court split evenly Thursday over a challenge to the attempted establishment of the country’s first religious charter school, leaving in place a ruling from the Oklahoma Supreme Court ...

Amnesty International reported on Friday that women participating in protests against the government in Georgia have been subjected to intimidation, harassment, and gender-based physical and ...

A federal judge in California issued a nationwide preliminary injunction on Thursday to prevent further terminations of the legal statuses of international students living and working across the US.

A US federal judge for the District Court of Massachusetts on Friday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's ...

The UK on Thursday signed an agreement to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius and lease back the Diego Garcia military ...

Medicaid, the public health insurance program that covers more than 80 million low-income people in the US, is once again on ...

Israel's High Court of Justice ruled Wednesday that the cabinet's dismissal of Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar was 'improper' and ...