A US appeals court order issued Monday granted President Donald Trump and his administration's request to stay a temporary ...

The University of Arizona (UA) and Vanderbilt University became the latest institutions not to sign the Trump administration's 'Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education.' UA specifically ...

UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk on Monday warned that the reinstation of the death penalty in Kyrgyzstan would breach international law obligations. Türk declared that the proposals to reintroduce ...

Amnesty International reported Monday that Tanzanian authorities have 'intensified their repression of dissent against the opposition, journalists, civil society and human rights defenders in a ...

The UN Security Council adopted a resolution on Friday that strengthens current sanctions on Haiti, extending them for a year, in order to mitigate persistent organized gang violence in the country.

The International Truth and Justice Project (ITJP) developed a detailed reparations claim in collaboration with the Valvettithurai Citizens' Committee to the Sri Lankan Office for Reparations, ...

US President Donald Trump recently claimed he has 'unquestioned power' under the Insurrection Act to deploy National Guard troops to San Francisco. The Insurrection Act grants the President ...

The Supreme Court announced Monday it will consider whether a federal law prohibiting gun possession by unlawful drug users violates the Second Amendment, marking the latest firearms dispute to ...

Ghana's bodies of water are being poisoned by mercury and cyanide. Babies are being born with severe health conditions. And now a chorus of voices is demanding the president invoke emergency powers ...

US District Judge Sara Ellis ordered federal Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to wear body cameras during enforcement activity, and all interactions with the public.  This new order ...

President Donald Trump announced the commutation of former New York Congressman George Santos’ prison sentence on Friday, ordering his immediate release. In a post on Truth Social, President Trump ...

The UK Court of Appeal ruled on Friday that the British activist group Palestine Action may proceed with its legal challenge against the government’s decision to ban it under the Terrorism Act 2000.