States should protect human rights even when acting transnationally, urged UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Juan Méndez in a statement on Tuesday. Méndez made the comments while presenting his latest report on torture ,...
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The Bahrain Court of Appeals convicted rights activist Zainab al-Khawaja on charges related to her ripping up a photo of the Bahraini king during a court hearing in 2014, Amnesty International (AI) said Wednesday. Her appeal reduced...
A Sri Lankan panel led by retired judge Maxwell Paranagama presented a report to parliament on Tuesday, concluding that allegations that Sri Lankan troops committed war crimes are credible. He said that there is enough evidence in...
Rohingya refugees from Myanmar have faced horrific abuses at sea, Amnesty International (AI) reported Wednesday, warning of the potential for another "sailing season" crisis. According to AI, many of the Rohingya have been rendered...
Following a landmark settlement allowing transgender inmates to receive sex-reassignment surgery , California prison officials on Tuesday announced the criteria inmates must meet to qualify for the surgery. Seeking to standardize the process, California prison officials...
A Saudi activist was sentenced to 10 years in prison and banned from traveling abroad for an additional 10 years, a human rights lawyer said Tuesday. Abdel-Karim al-Khadar, a professor of Islamic studies from Qassim who was arrested in...
The Arkansas Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the execution of eight men until March, halting the state's attempt to resume executions in the state after a 10-year hiatus. In issuing its stay, the court overturned...
A Kurdish lawyer in Turkey will face trial at a later date for comments he made about the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), when he said the group was not a terrorist organization but a political movement. Tahir Elci was...
UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers Mónica Pinto on Monday urged officials in Guinea-Bissau to implement measures aimed at increasing residents' access to justice throughout the nation. Pinto released the...
The European Court for Human Rights dismissed the claims of three students claiming their nearly two weeks of detention without charges violated their human rights. The three students were in the UK on student visas when they were...
