Tennessee has carried out the United States' 19th execution of the year, killing 75-year-old death row inmate Oscar Smith for ...

Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil should be protected from deportation, which could put his life at risk, his ...

The UN Security Council is due to vote in late May on whether to renew an arms embargo on South Sudan for another year. Amnesty International is warning that the conflict could worsen without it.

Arnon Nampa, 40, was named the Asia-Pacific recipient of this year’s Front Line Defenders Award for Human Rights Defenders at ...

A jailed Thai lawyer wins international human rights prize, highlighting his brave stand against monarchy repression.

A group of Quakers walking from New York to Washington to protest U.S. immigration policies highlights a faith tradition ...

Santo Domingo.- Senator Daniel Rivera, former Minister of Public Health and current representative for Santiago, urged the ...

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As the situation in Gaza turns ever more deadly, Khalid Javid, CEO of Muslim Aid, urges the UK government to stop supplying ...

Jesus Antonio Gutierrez Leon was detained at the El Paso International Airport Tuesday morning by an unknown agency with no explanation.

With the murder of Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim at the Capital Jewish Museum Wednesday night, the tip of the ...

Statements condemning Israel's actions in Gaza and the occupied West Bank may signal a shift for the new government ...