Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Sunday urged Afghanistan to make meaningful reforms to end the use of torture in government detention centers. HRW called attention to a UN report released last month...

France's National Assembly voted on Saturday to approve an article that would redefine marriage as between two people, rather than one man and one woman. The article is part of a larger bill...

UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide Adama Dieng on Friday warned of an increased risk of reprisal attacks against ethnic Tuareg and Arab civilian populations in the northern regions of Mali. When...

A court in Giza, Egypt, on Saturday sentenced former interior minister Habib el-Adly to three years in prison for abusing his position by forcing public officials to work on his home and property, which the court...

The top court in Ontario on Friday upheld Canada's general ban on marijuana, reversing a lower court decision which held that the nation's marijuana laws were unconstitutional . The Court of Appeal for Ontario held...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) released its annual World Report on Thursday, emphasizing the need for emerging governments in the Middle East and North Africa to develop strong human rights commitments in the wake of...

The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) said Thursday that Greece must improve detention conditions for migrants and effectively implement recent legislative developments to enhance screening procedures for asylum-seekers. The WGAD, appointed by...

The Milan Court of Appeals on Friday convicted three Americans for their roles in the 2003 rendition kidnapping of Egyptian cleric and terror suspect Osama Moustafa Hassan Nasr. Due to diplomatic immunity,...

A group of UN human rights experts on Friday urged Russian lawmakers to reject proposed legislation banning the dissemination of homosexual "propaganda" to minors. Independent experts joined with UN Special Rapporteurs on freedom of expression, human rights...

The Obama administration issued a new rule on Friday detailing a broader exemption to the contraception mandate, allowing for religious nonprofits that object to providing health insurance coverage for birth control to opt out of the...