Former Bosnian Serb political leader Radovan Karadzic convicted Thursday of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes and sentenced to 40 years by the International Criminal Tribunal for the...

The UN Human Rights Council decided Wednesday to establish a three-person commission to investigate allegations of human rights abuses in South Sudan. The commission was established for a year term and will "monitor and report...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday urged Iran to end restrictions that prevent access to lawyers for those charged with national security crimes. According to the rights group, there have been several instances of people charged...

Former Malaysian premier Mahathir Mohamad on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against Prime Minister Najib Razak alleging corruption and abuse of power. The lawsuit comes after allegations and formal charges were made against Razak for his actions in...

UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, Ivan Šimonović expressed concern Tuesday over the deteriorating human rights situation in Burundi. The violence has come with the emergence of armed groups opposed to the government and has the...

Police in east China's Shandong Province arrested 37 individuals on Tuesday who are suspected of participation in a national medical drug ring. A mother/daughter duo are suspected of buying and selling more than USD $88 million worth of...

France's highest court, the Court of Cassation , ruled Tuesday that phone tapped conversations between Nicolas Sarkozy and his lawyer were legal. Beginning in 2013, investigators recorded conversations between the former French president and his...

A judge for the Brazilian Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a ruling blocking former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva from taking a ministry post. Last week's order blocking the appointment came...

The UN Working Group on mercenaries on Tuesday urged the government of Ukraine to bring accountability for any human rights violations committed by foreign armed actors since conflict began in 2014. The working group has claimed that...

Two human rights groups on Tuesday called for the US, the UK and France to stop selling arms to Saudi Arabia due to accusations and evidence that the weapons are being used in attacks against Yemen. Amnesty International (AI) [advocacy...