HUMAN RIGHTS

Nisanyan’s conviction comes only one month after Turkish pianist Fazil Say, received a suspended sentence for similar charges.

A prominent Japanese politician stirred controversy on Monday saying “comfort women” of World War II were “necessary.”

On Tuesday, a German court rejected eight of Apple’s customer data clauses, saying those rules deviated too much from German laws.

Cambodian union leader Chea Vichea was killed nine years ago. But, today, he's taking an unexpected new stand.

An annual report from the Electronic Frontier Foundation ranked 18 major Internet companies' efforts to protect their users' privacy.

Sri Lanka's civil war ended four years ago and tourism is booming, but a new police plan to monitor foreigners could taint the island's reputation.

Russia released a list of alleged human rights violators after the United States passed the Magnitsky Act, but trade will keep the two together.

More than 2 million people have signed an online petition to boycott the Maldives over alleged human rights abuses.

In an annual report published on Wednesday, Amnesty International noted the global trend towards ending the death penalty continued.

France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and the UK are taking action versus Google over its controversial unified privacy policy.

The prevalence of cameras, Bloomberg said, is part of the reason the issue is so difficult to control, especially from a legislative standpoint.

Several governments are increasingly resorting to online spying, cyberattacks and other digital intrusions on dissidents and journalists.

A Saudi ministerial committee is mulling halting public beheading in the kingdom due to a shortage of government swordsmen.

Albino people in East/Southern Africa are suffering attacks, amputations and murders, but some advocacy groups are working for change.

An Indian court Monday charged activist Irom Sharmila Chanu with “attempting to commit suicide,” on account of her fast in Delhi in 2006.

A new report has been presented to the U.N. outlining the persecution of atheists around the world.

Japan hanged three convicts on death row Thursday, the nation’s first since a conservative government led by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was elected in December.

A stricter arms trade treaty among U.N. members must be adopted, human rights group Amnesty International said Monday.

Drone strikes and torture policy are likely to come up at John Brennan's hearing. Here are five questions senators are likely to ask.

America's overcrowded prisons, treatment of illegal immigrants, and use of targeted killing all qualify as human-rights abuses, HRW says.

Israel boycotted a routine UN review of its human rights situation in response to a new report calling on Israel to abandon the West Bank.