Venezuela released 107 protesters on Saturday who were detained for demonstrations over the presidential election in July, according to Alfredo Romero, director of the local rights group Foro Penal.

A New York law sealing certain criminal records took effect on Saturday, one year after New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed it into law.  The Clean Slate Act automatically seals criminal records ...

Amnesty International revealed on Thursday that the Sudanese Rapid Support Forces (RSF) are using United Arab Emirates' (UAE) armoured carriers, incorporated with French military technology on the ...

Yemen Houthi authorities have transferred 12 detained individuals to criminal prosecution while denying them due process rights, with some facing death penalty charges, according to a Human Rights ...

A US federal appeals court on Friday temporarily lifted a trial court’s blocking of a Louisiana law mandating public schools ...

The South African government has refused to help an estimated 4,000 miners illegally occupying an underground mine in Stilfontein, attempting to “smoke them out” and crack down on illegal mining.

The Seoul Central District Court on Friday sentenced opposition figure Lee Jae-myung to a suspended one year in prison for making false statements before the 2022 presidential elections, according to ...

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) sent a letter to the US Senate on Thursday, warning the legislative body that the ...

Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Deanne Criswell and former FEMA supervisor Marn'i Washington, ...

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights released its ruling in the Case of Pérez Lucas et al v. Guatemala on Thursday, finding the State responsible for the forced disappearance of four Indigenous ...

The daughter of civil rights leader Malcolm X filed a civil action Friday against the US, the city of New York, and the estates of various former federal agents for their alleged role in concealing, ...

The Texas Supreme Court ruled on Friday that a legislative subpoena cannot interfere with an execution scheduled by the judiciary, emphasizing the importance of separation of powers. The ruling ...