The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Wednesday voiced deep concern following a ruling by the Duhok misdemeanor court ...

Aynsley Genga is JURIST’s senior Kenya correspondent. She files this report from Nairobi. Susan Njoki’s tragic death sent shockwaves through Kenya’s mental health community—not only because it ...

Brown University announced a settled deal signed by the university and US President Donald Trump's administration on Wednesday, restoring millions of dollars of frozen federal grants paused due to ...

Ireland’s Court of Appeal ruled Wednesday that the government did not violate the rights of newly arrived single male asylum seekers who were left without accommodation, overturning an earlier High ...

On Wednesday, the UN high commissioner for human rights welcomed the ceasefire between Cambodia and Thailand while urging both countries to pursue a civil deescalation process. High Commissioner ...

Mark Carney announced his intention to recognize Palestine as a sovereign state on Wednesday at the upcoming UN General Assembly in early September, with certain ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) stated on Wednesday that Bangladesh's interim government failed to implement adequate human rights protections, one year after the overthrow of the previous government. The ...

A US federal court on Wednesday reinstated a lawsuit filed by a New York court clerk who claims she was fired for complying with an investigation into her boss. Samantha Long, a former court clerk ...

The world is failing women and girls. With just five years left to accomplish the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), not a single country is on track to meet SDG 5: achieving ...

Drone strikes that damaged oil fields in Kurdistan, Iraq, risk escalating an ongoing dispute between the regional and ...

Two years into Israel’s military campaign against Hamas, tens of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza are dead, and the rest of the population is facing increasingly dire humanitarian circumstances.

In a shocking discovery that has sent ripples across the international community, ongoing excavations at a mass grave site in Chemmani located in Northern Sri Lanka have uncovered more than 100 ...