Former Argentine lawyer and federal prosecutor, Alberto Nisman, was the victim of murder according to a Criminal Appeals Court Prosecutor Ricardo Sáenz. The declaration is the first time a judicial authority has suggested the death as a homicide...
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The UN Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic reported that the Syrian conflict has had an unyielding effect on civilians as it enters in its sixth year. A concerted and sustained international action [UN News Centre...
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled Tuesday that Russia violated the right of Alexei Navalny and Pyotr Ofitserov to a fair trial. Navalny was convicted of organizing and Ofitserov of facilitating large-scale embezzlement, including timber...
Kizza Besigye, the opposition candidate for president of Uganda, was arrested with several of his supporters on Friday. Besigye was arrested as the election commission released early results that showed incumbent President Yoweri Museveni leading the election with...
Amnesty International (AI) criticized the state of justice in Iraq on Thursday after a court in that country sentenced 40 men to death. The Baghdad court found the men guilty of being Sunni jihadists and allied...
Leila Zerrougui, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict released her annual report on Monday on the situation of children in conflict zones from December 2014 to 2015. She reports that children worldwide continually faced...
EU foreign ministers on Monday agreed to lift most of the EU's economic sanctions against Belarus, citing improvements [press release in the country's human rights record. The Council of the EU cited Belarus' participation in various organizations and negotiations including...
The Supreme Court of Venezuela on Thursday upheld President Nicolás Maduro's "economic emergency decree" as legal and valid despite Congress's rejection. The decree allows the president to control the budget, companies and the currency. The opposition-led Congress maintained...
The UN Special Rapporteur on Belarus reported Tuesday that the country's dismal human rights conditions have remained unchanged since the October presidential election. Miklós Haraszti, UN Special Rapporteur, reported human rights violations since the election that include harassment...
The US House of Representatives on Thursday passed a bill that would end a Department of Justice (DOJ) initiative aimed at removing certain industries from the banking system. The Financial Institution Customer Protection Act of 2015...
