The UN’s top human rights official insisted on Friday that the Israeli Government must not pursue a complete military takeover of the Gaza Strip, beginning with full control of Gaza City.

United Nations human rights chief Volker Turk on Friday said that "the Israeli government's plan for a complete military ...

On Aug. 8, 1900, US presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan delivered a speech opposing the US annexation of the ...

After four decades of insurgency, Abdullah Öcalan’s call for democratic politics signals a transformative moment in the Kurdish quest for rights and recognition in West Asia.

THE General Alliance of Workers Association (Gawa) in Bacolod City condemned the resolution passed by the Senate junking the ...

The British government on Wednesday asked China explain partially redacted plans it has submitted for its new London embassy ...

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Tuesday reiterated its stance against hazing, physical abuse, and all forms of ...

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Photo from leiladelima.ph The DOJ has withdrawn its appeal of Leila de Lima’s acquittal in a drug case, with Prosecutor ...

Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Nicolas Torre III on Friday described Oplan Tokhang, the flagship anti-drug campaign of the previous Duterte administration, as a flawed operation marred by ...

Human rights groups and independent media in their countries are being decimated, courtesy of President Trump’s massive foreign aid cuts to pro-democracy groups abroad.

Palestine Action ban ‘disturbing misuse’ of UK law, UN human rights chief says Volker Turk described the ban as ‘disproportionate and unnecessary’ in an intervention on Friday.