The Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) filed suit Tuesday against the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, alleging violations of citizens' Second Amendment rights and ...

UN experts on Monday urged Belarus to lift current restrictions that limit women convicted of extremism from contacting their children. Women in these circumstances are denied direct communication ...

The UN Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar (IIMM) said Monday that Myanmar’s Ministry of Home Affairs, Border Guard Police (BGP), and private corporations benefitted from the destruction ...

The Des Moines School Board, the largest school district in Iowa, placed its superintendent on unpaid administrative leave on Monday after the Iowa Board of Educational Examiners revoked his ...

United Nations delegates called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza to alleviate Palestinian suffering on Monday evening before the UN General Assembly in New York City. 'We have heard from 189 ...

The current political climate in the United States has raised serious concerns regarding the potential overreach of executive ...

Madagascar's President Andry Rajoelina announced on Tuesday the dissolution of the government led by Prime Minister Christian Ntsay, in response to widespread youth-led protests over power and water ...

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volke Turk on Monday expressed great disturbance by the degree of police brutality during a protest in Madagascar that stirred the country due to water ...

With a possible US government shutdown looming, a group of former national park superintendents sent a letter to the US Secretary of the Interior Thursday, urging for the closure of all national ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Sunday warned that recent Chinese legislation may lead to repression of ethnic minorities and expand ideological control beyond the country's borders. The new legislation ...

Assad's December 2024 ouster and flight to Moscow, JURIST's Sarisha Harikrishna interviews Dr. Patrick Kroker, Senior Legal Advisor in the International Crimes and ...

Fawzia Koofi is a former Afghan MP, the first ever female Deputy Speaker of the Afghan Parliament, and a veteran human rights speaker whose career embodies the fragile yet essential relationship ...