David Kaye, the top UN expert on free expression, stated Friday that reports that Yahoo allowed the US government to search hundreds of millions of customers' e-mails "raise serious human rights concerns." According to recent reports ,...

Chinese officials announced Sunday that 70-year-old former legislator Bai Enpei has been sentenced to death for his part in taking bribes. The announcement comes as the government has continued its anti-graft campaign speared by President Xi Jingping to...

The UN Security Council on Saturday failed to adopt two measures meant to protect the Syrian people from continued warfare. Russia used its veto power and Venezuela voted against a French and Spanish measure to...

The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in a press briefing on Friday welcomed the presentation of a draft bill on constitutional justice reforms in the Guatemala legislature. Stating...

Uruguay's Foreign Minister, Rodolfo Nin Novoa, on Friday urged a former Guantanamo prisoner, Jihad Diyab, to call off his hunger strike, stating that Uruguay is attempting to transfer him to another country. Diyab is a Syrian national who was held...

The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child on Friday issued reports on Nauru, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, New Zealand, South Africa and Suriname following a committee session held last month. The committee's independent experts...

US Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday called for an investigation of alleged war crimes committed against Syrian civilians by both Russia and the Syrian regime. The secretary made the plea ahead of his meeting with...

A Canadian Superior Court justice has ruled that a decision to deny a woman's case in court because she refused to remove her hijab goes against the fundamental principles of Canadian law. Rania El-Alloul was told last year...

A German court says the trial of a former medic who served at the Auschwitz death camp must be postponed due to complaints. The Neubrandenburg state court has received numerous complaints that the judge and others...

The Parliament of Catalonia voted Thursday to hold an independence referendum next September. This move has exacerbated tensions with Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy , whose party has consistently rejected Catalan's attempts...