The European Court of Justice (CJEU) has issued a landmark ruling Friday that tightens legal requirements for EU member states wishing to designate “safe countries of origin” for accelerated asylum ...

Myanmar’s military courts have sentenced 14 individuals to life imprisonment in a series of human trafficking cases involving forced marriage, sexual exploitation, and the production of pornographic ...

Amnesty International has called on Angolan authorities to conduct an independent and impartial investigation into the alleged unlawful killings of 22 people during a three-day national taxi ...

Slovenia on Thursday banned the import, export, and transit of arms and military equipment from and to Israel, becoming the first European Union (EU) country to do so. According to Prime Minister ...

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed the block of a customer’s challenge to the Navy Federal Credit Union (NFCU)’s bounced check fee. In its decision, the court found that federal ...

US President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that he has agreed with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum to extend their current trade deal for 90 days while they negotiate a new trade deal. The ...

Ukraine’s parliament on Thursday overwhelmingly passed legislation restoring the independence of the country’s leading anti-corruption agencies, reversing a controversial law enacted last week that ...

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Wednesday urged accountability for the death of Syrian photojournalist Sari Majid Al-Shoufi while reporting on armed combat near the Syrian city of ...

Iranian authorities severed the fingers of three men convicted of theft, said Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday. Iranian ...

A UN expert called out the US government on Wednesday for its rollback of sanctions against entities supplying weapons and ...

Amnesty International published a report on Wednesday that revealed alleged failures by Madagascar authorities to protect the indigenous Antandroy peoples from climate-related displacement since ...

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 ...