UN Special Rapporteur Mutuma Ruteere called on member states Tuesday to do more to prevent racism, xenophobia and discrimination against migrants and Muslims. Ruteere stated that counterterrorism measures aid in influencing fear and discrimination against those of Middle...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein called Tuesday for an independent investigation into the human rights situation in Kasai. Kasai province is located in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and has...

A UN human rights expert warned Tuesday that the Central African Republic (CAR) "must act now" to protect its population and implement justice. According to Marie-Thérèse Keita Bocoum, the expert on human rights for the CAR,...

Britain's Serious Fraud Office (SFO) charged Barclays and four of its former executives on Tuesday with conspiracy to commit fraud and violation of the Companies Act of 1985 by providing unlawful financial assistance. The...

The European Court of Human Rights ruled Tuesday that a Russian law prohibiting the promotion of homosexuality is discriminatory and violates the European Convention on Human Rights . The suit was brought by three...

The UNWorking Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (UNWGEID) reported on Monday that The Gambia is experiencing "encouraging signs in moves to shed light on past human rights violations." In addressing the recurring enforced disappearances of many...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) stated on Friday that millions of pregnant and married girls across Africa are being denied education due to discriminatory policies. More than 49 million girls in sub-Saharan African are out of primary...

A special anti-terrorism court in Mumbai, India found six men guilty yesterday for the 1993 terrorist bombings in Mumbai , then called Bombay, where almost 300 people were killed and hundreds more were injured. The special...

Amnesty International (AI) on Thursday called on the government of Nigeria to conduct an investigation into the actions of the military that occurred during and throughout the conflict with Boko Haram. AI issued a comprehensive report...

A UN-appointed panel of experts released its findings from an investigation regarding human rights violations in Burundi on Thursday. According to the experts, these human rights violations include illegal executions, torture, inhumane treatment, sexual and gender-based violence, arbitrary...