Is it possible to advocate for universal human rights while quietly dismantling the institution one of its core articles was ...

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Monday urged Chinese and Hong Kong authorities to release news commentator Wong Kwok-ngon, to halt harassment of other journalists, and to allow free ...

A UN expert on Sunday called for the reversal of the ban on women staff entering UN premises in Afghanistan, condemning the Taliban measures as a violation of UN principles of equality and human ...

For twenty-one days, I have stared at a blank page, caught in the throes of an existential whiplash. Last month, I was dispatched by JURIST to attend the Second World Social Summit to report on the ...

A coalition of civil rights organizations is calling for the closure of a massive immigration detention facility at Fort Bliss, alleging guards have beaten detainees and threatened violence and ...

The New York Times filed a lawsuit against Perplexity AI on Friday, alleging it was using the news organization's articles without permission in summaries for search requests made through its ...

UN human rights experts on Friday called on Serbia to end attacks and intimidation against journalists and urgently address ...

This week, President Donald Trump pardoned a man federal prosecutors described as the architect of a 'narco-state' who moved ...

The US Supreme Court on Friday agreed to decide on the principle of birthright citizenship, which holds that all children born on US soil are American citizens. The principle of birthright ...

The UN human rights office (OHCHR) on Friday urged interim Syrian authorities to increase efforts to address 'distressing accounts' of human rights violations targeting minority groups and ...

The Australian government on Saturday announced that it had imposed financial sanctions and travel bans on four senior officials of Afghanistan's Taliban-run government, in an effort to curtail the ...

Khaled Mohamed Ali El Hishri, a Libyan prison chief, appeared before the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday and ...