Ugandan opposition figure Kizza Besigye appeared briefly in a civilian court as attorneys tried to secure his freedom, but a ...

Amnesty International is urging French lawmakers to reject a bill this week that would ban headscarves in all sporting ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Haiti’s children are increasingly caught in the crossfire of gang violence and forced to carry ...

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Human rights organizations led by Amnesty International have announced a planned march to the Uganda High Commission in Nairobi and the National Assembly on Friday to present a petition demanding ...

Rights activists in Singapore and Malaysia will hold candlelight vigils to protest capital punishment as Singaporean authorities prepare to execute a Malaysian man for drug trafficking despite mountin ...

The government’s narcotics bureau website claims it is an offence for citizens and permanent residents to consume drugs in ...

A Bay Area relative of Peltier, who was convicted of killing two FBI agents in 1975 and had his sentence commuted by ...

COLEMAN, Fla. >> Native American activist Leonard Peltier, convicted of killing two FBI agents and incarcerated for nearly five decades while maintaining his innocence, was released from a Florida ...

Sudanese pro-democracy lawyers say civilians were subjected to 'killings, forced disappearances and arbitrary arrests' by ...