A newly revised North Carolina juvenile justice law will take effect Sunday, aiming to address gaps in handling serious ...

The Peruvian Congress has approved an extension of the formalization process for small-scale and artisanal mining, which has ...

Amnesty International on Friday condemned the police violence and mass arrests in Georgia, following peaceful protests against the decision of Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze to suspend the ...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for decisive global action to eliminate chemical weapons on Saturday. Saturday marks the Day of Remembrance of All Victims of Chemical Warfare when he also ...

The UK parliament voted to advance the assisted dying bill on Friday, after hours of parliamentary debate. The bill proposes ...

Amnesty International condemned Nigerian police's violent clampdown on government protesters, in a report released on ...

Amnesty International reported Thursday that Venezuelan authorities have systematically tortured and arbitrarily detained ...

A Beijing Court sentenced veteran Chinese state media journalist Dong Yuyu on Friday to seven years in prison for espionage, according to Dong's family in a statement provided to Reuters. Dong's ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday called on Mexican authorities to strengthen abortion access and eliminate remaining ...

A Russian District Military Court on Friday sentenced anti-war activist and former Moscow municipal deputy Aleksei Gorinov to ...

A group of UN experts urged Poland to address entrenched discrimination and violence against the LGBT community through swift legislative and societal reforms on Friday. The expert's statement ...

Thai authorities have forcibly returned six Cambodian political opposition activists and a young child, Human Rights Watch ...