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Bolivia's Plurinational Constitutional Tribunal (TCP) on Wednesday ruled that President Evo Morales may seek a fourth consecutive term as the country's president in the 2019 election. This decision comes almost two years after Morales campaigned...

The UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to water and sanitation, Léo Heller , on Tuesday urged the international community involved in development cooperation to work toward ensuring that people everywhere have rights to water and sanitation ....

The UK Ministry of Justice released figures Thursday demonstrating a record number of suicides and other deaths in prisons in England and Wales in 2016. Many experts and politicians have attributed the findings...

Romanian President Klaus Iohannis said Monday that a referendum on the government's plan to pardon thousands of prisoners was needed after thousands protested the proposal. Many claim the proposed prisoner release is fueled by government officials' agenda...

The Romanian justice ministry on Wednesday published a draft of a plan to lower prison overcrowding that involves pardons for thousands of prisoners , but the plan was met with protests around the country. Prime Minister Sorin...

Bolivia President Evo Morales pardoned 1,800 prisoners on Saturday in a continued attempt to cut down on prison overcrowding . Those that Morales pardoned include inmates with sentences of less than five years, one-time offenders, prisoners...

The Bangladesh government has failed to respond adequately to naturally occurring arsenic in rural drinking water, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report Wednesday. The report found that the government's efforts to combat water-contamination has...

Bolivian President Evo Morales on Wednesday acknowledged the outcome of a failed constitutional referendum that would have permitted him to remain in power for a fourth consecutive term. Voting on the referendum took place last Sunday, and...

The Bolivian Legislative Assembly on Saturday approved a bill to amend the constitution to extend presidential terms. The amendment will allow current President Evo Morales to run for a fourth consecutive term in office. The bill, which was approved...

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled 14-2 Thursday that it has jurisdiction to hear the case between Bolivia and Chile regarding land-locked Bolivia's access to the Pacific Ocean. Bolivia argued to the ICJ that...