North Korea has strongly protested a proposed UN General Assembly resolution calling on North Korea to "respect fully all human rights and fundamental freedoms" and put an end to its violations of human rights. The resolution, which was...

The UN Committee Against Torture on Friday expressed deep concern over continued allegations that China authorities continued the routine and widespread practice of torture and ill-treatment of suspects to extract confessions. In its Observations at the...

A closed court in military-ruled Myanmar has sentenced three top pro-democracy leaders to 65 years in prison, relatives of the leaders told AFP Saturday. Activists Min Ko Naing , Ko Ko Gyu, and...

A Kentucky jury Friday ordered three members of the Imperial Klans of America (IKA), including "Imperial Wizard" Ron Edwards, to pay $1.5 million in compensatory damages and $1 million in punitive damages for a racially motivated attack against Jordan...

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Oregon has ruled that the US Treasury Department's freezing of the assets of the Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation violated the organization's due processes rights because it...

A court in military-ruled Myanmar on Friday sentenced two lawyers from the National League for Democracy (NLD to four month prison terms for being "disrespectful" while representing dissident students. The US Department of State...

The UN Human Rights Committee on Friday urged Japan to take steps to abolish the death penalty , reiterating its concern that the number of crimes punished by death in Japan has not been reduced and...

US Assistant Secretary of State David Welch announced Friday that Libya has made its final deposit to a $1.5 billion fund for US terrorism victims. Under a US-Libya agreement concluded in August, President...

The US Department of Defense (DOD) on Friday announced the transfer of two Guantanamo Bay detainees. One detainee was transferred to Tajikistan and one to Kazakhstan. DOD hailed the move as proof...

A US military judge on Friday rescheduled the trial of Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr for January 26. US Army Col. Patrick Parrish granted the defense's motion for an independent psychological and psychiatric examination [Globe...