The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) issued a press release on Monday calling for the release of thousands of people arbitrarily detained in Eritrea. The ...

Puerto Rico Governor Jenniffer González Colón on Sunday signed into law Senate Bill 63 (SB 63), a law that modifies public records request procedures in the US territory.  SB 63 amends the ...

The US Supreme Court announced Monday that it will not hear a case on the federal legality of marijuana. The case, Canna Provisions v. Bondi, involved four Massachusetts marijuana growers suing the ...

Human Rights Watch said Monday that the Israel’s repeated attacks on reconstruction-related equipment and other civilian facilities in southern Lebanon throughout 2025 constitute war crimes. The ...

Australian authorities announced on Monday plans to heighten firearms restrictions after two gunmen killed 15 people at a Jewish festival on Sydney's Bondi Beach, a mass shooting national ...

A three-judge panel of Hong Kong's Court of First Instance on Monday found pro-democracy Apple Daily founder and media tycoon Jimmy Lai guilty on sedition and national security charges, including ...

UN experts expressed concern on Monday about legislative and administrative measures taken by the Estonian state against the Estonian Orthodox Christian Church (EOCC), stating that these actions may ...

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese deemed a mass shooting targeting a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney a 'terrorist incident' on Sunday after the attack left 16 dead, including one of the ...

The UN Special Rapporteur on torture, Alice Jill Edwards, on Friday urged Pakistani authorities to take immediate and effective action to address reports of inhumane and undignified detention ...

South Korea’s former acting leader Choi Sang-mok was indicted on Thursday on charges related to the brief imposition of martial law in December 2024 by then-President Yoon Suk Yeol, becoming the ...

UN Special Rapporteur on minority issues Nicolas Levrat on Friday urged Nepal to effectively implement constitutional and legislative safeguards to end discrimination against minorities, especially ...

A UN expert on Friday hailed the forensic analysis of 114 unidentified bodies of people killed during the July 2024 protests in Bangladesh as a 'fundamental step' towards achieving 'justice and ...