The US Department of State released its 2024 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, also referred to as 'the Human Rights Report,' months later than usual on Tuesday. The tone and scope notably ...

A coalition of rights organizations on Wednesday issued a joint statement urging the Maldives to reconsider proposed legislative amendments that would reinstate the death penalty for drug ...

The Texas Senate passed a redistricting map (S.B. No. 4) on Tuesday that has been at the center of national debate. Two Democrats remained in chambers, allowing the Senate vote to proceed and ...

US District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan on Tuesday issued a temporary restraining order directing the Trump administration to expand and sanitize holding areas for ICE detainees at 26 Federal Plaza in ...

Amnesty International on Wednesday criticized the Nigerian government's failure to address the security crisis in the South-East region, which led to the deaths of 1,844 people between January 2021 ...

The American Bar Association's House of Delegates on Monday adopted Resolution 509, affirming that no government actor should punish or threaten lawyers, law firms, or other organizations for ...

France's President Emmanuel Macron condemned the Israeli government's announcement to expand its military ground offensive in Gaza, calling for a permanent ceasefire and a UN international coalition ...

A US federal appellate court on Monday vacated an order of summary judgment against a Federal Reserve Bank employee's religious accommodation claim arising from the institution's COVID-19 vaccine ...

The Spanish government ordered the town of Jumilla to drop its ban on religious gatherings in public sports centers on Monday, asserting that the measure disproportionately affects the town's Muslim ...

The UK High Court of Justice on Monday dismissed the Wikimedia Foundation's (WF) legal challenge to aspects of the new Online Safety Act (OSA), ruling that the organization failed to establish ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday condemned the conviction and 20-year prison sentence of the leader of Chad’s main opposition party, calling it a politically motivated trial. HRW criticized ...

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights expressed shock and sorrow over the death of Colombian senator and presidential pre‑candidate Miguel Uribe Turbay on Monday. Uribe Turbay, 39, a ...