UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on Tuesday asked parties involved in the Taliban attack in Kunduz, Afghanistan, to do everything in their power to protect civilians form harm . He expressed...
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The EU has not done enough to address media abuses in Hungary, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said in a report Tuesday. The international free press advocacy group stated in its report "Balancing Act" that,...
The UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights said Monday that the global drug problem has become a significant human rights issue around the world. In a panel discussion at the UN Human Rights Council,...
United Arab Emirates (UAE) Labor Minister Saqr Ghobash on Tuesday announced new labor reforms to provide increased oversight on the thousands of employment agreements conducted with temporary migrant workers. Ghobash told reporters that...
Nigerian authorities on Saturday turned over to the International Criminal Court an Islamic extremist wanted for his role in the 2012 destruction of religious and historically significant monuments in Timbuktu, Mali. Ahmad Al Mahdi Al Faqi,...
A court in Stuttgart, Germany, on Monday sentenced two Rwandan rebel leaders to multi-year jail sentences for their roles in a series of massacres in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2008 and 2009. Leading the Democratic Forces...
Lebanese journalist Karma Khayat was fined €10,000 Monday following her refusal to take down Internet videos made in 2012. The videos risked exposing the identities of witnesses in the case of the 2005 assassination of former prime...
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...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein expressed concern Monday about "an alarming upsurge in arrests, detention and killings" that have been occurring in Burundi since the beginning of September. Zeid said...
The Braunschweig public prosecutor's office opened a criminal investigation Monday of former Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn , following accusations that the company cheated on government emissions tests by manipulating exhaust...
