Human rights faced severe tests worldwide in 2024, with democratic institutions under strain and humanitarian law repeatedly ...

United Nations human rights experts expressed serious concern on Tuesday regarding the Iranian Supreme Court's decision to ...

The South African Police Service confirmed the deaths of at least 78 people on Wednesday following the end of a rescue operation at an abandoned mine where miners, cut off from food and water, had ...

A UN expert expressed concern Thursday over Türkiye’s “misuse' of counter-terrorism laws to detain nine prominent human rights defenders and lawyers. UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human ...

Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Thursday refused to attend a second day of questioning after being detained over his declaration of martial law, according to local media. Yoon's ...

Amnesty International strongly appealed to the international community to emphasize climate justice on Thursday. In a strong financial mobilization statement issued before the World Economic Forum ...

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against Fayette County, Tennessee, alleging its Board of County Commissioners violated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. The board's ...

The Supreme Court (SC) of Bangladesh unanimously acquitted former Prime Minister and leader of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), Khaleda Zia, of graft charges related to the Zia ...

Oral arguments began in federal court on Wednesday in a case between a coalition of news organizations led by The New York Times and OpenAI, the creator of the artificial intelligence tool ChatGPT, ...

The Supreme Court of the United States heard oral arguments on Wednesday in Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton, a case concerning a Texas law restricting access to websites with 'sexual material ...

Amnesty International (AI) demanded action on Wednesday against Boko Haram following a recent wave of violence that resulted ...

The UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) expressed alarm on Tuesday regarding disturbing footage that demonstrates Libya's serious human rights violations in the Garnada detention facility. These ...