Quebec premier François Legault announced on Wednesday that his government is prepared to use the notwithstanding clause to require doctors trained in Quebec to start their careers in the province's ...

Amnesty International on Thursday emphasized the importance of prioritizing climate justice and human rights at the upcoming COP29, which will take place in Baku, Azerbaijan from 11 to 22 November.

The German Federal Prosecutor's Office arrested eight people on Tuesday under suspected membership of a neo-Nazi militant group known as 'Sächsische Separatisten' or 'Saxon Separatists,' the Federal ...

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled on Tuesday that Bosnia violated the European Convention on Human Rights by its insufficient data protection laws with regard to legal professional ...

Ten states voted Tuesday on constitutional amendments to guarantee abortion rights. Voters from seven states approved, with three rejecting the amendments. Missouri had one of the largest shifts in ...

Justice Federico of the Tenth Circuit of Appeal overturned a lower-court injunction on Tuesday against a Colorado law that raises the minimum age for purchasing a gun from 18 to 21, concluding that ...

The G7 Foreign Ministers issued a statement on Tuesday condemning the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)'s launch of an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) on 31 October, which ...

Amnesty International recognized Grigory Melkonyants, co-chair of the Russian election watchdog Golos (“Voice”), as a prisoner of conscience on Tuesday. Melkonyants was arrested on August 17, 2023, ...

The UK House of Commons began its first reading on Tuesday of the Tobacco and Vapes Bill which aims to restrict the legal age to purchase tobacco each year to create the 'first smoke-free ...

Human rights organizations sounded the alarm on Tuesday over the deteriorating health of Chinese legal scholar and human rights lawyer Xu Zhiyong, who has been on a hunger strike for nearly a month ...

Amnesty International condemned Lebanon's military court on Tuesday for its failure to hold security forces officers responsible for Syrian refugee Bashar Abd Saud's death in custody accountable.

Amnesty International (AI) called on the Mozambican government on Wednesday to immediately cease its violent crackdown on ...