Beneath its tough-on-crime rhetoric, a troubling mix of superficial understanding and blatant disrespect for human dignity is ...

A year after one of Britain's most harrowing knife attacks, the government is urging young people to drop off bladed weapons ...

Colombian former President Álvaro Uribe has been sentenced to 12 years of house arrest for witness tampering and a fraud ...

"The notion of a lawless downtown Canton is baseless and statistically unfounded," Mayor William V. Sherer II said in a ...

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Most MPs, however, raise concerns about the proposed RM5,000 fine and/or six-month jail term for parents who fail to comply ...

Too often, people are not just robbed but tortured, disabled, humiliated, or murdered for no other reason than a sense of ...

The Aug. 5 primary will narrow the three races — for Positions 4, 6 and 7 — from three candidates each to two, and those two ...

Many ordinary, normative citizens were suddenly faced with criminal procedures, as more and more cases of domestic violence and poverty were opened - all against the backdrop of trauma. Many people ...

When sex workers receive a police caution it stays on their record for life, diminishing their chances of a future career.

Court said Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission had not proved the situation of extreme material poverty for homeless ...