It comes after the Supreme Court ruled against his use of troops for domestic law enforcement.

We documented how the dictator Bashar al-Assad and his henchmen conspired to hide evidence of torture and deaths of detainees during Syria’s long civil war.

Dani­elle Bell has stood at mass graves in East Timor, walked through burned-out vil­lages in Dar­fur, listened to the haunt­ing testi­mon­ies of ISIS sur­viv­ors in Iraq and now vis­its towns in...

Zahra Tabari, 67, was sentenced to death after a trial that lasted less than 10 minutes, her family says.

Two men say they experienced the kind of abuse highlighted in recent reports on Israel's treatment of prisoners, which Israel denies.

At least 347 people have now been put to death this year, according to the UK-based campaign group Reprieve.

Can naming and shaming reduce domestic public support for a government that fails to comply with an international court ruling? While existing research suggests...

Author of Of Hockey and Hijab: Reflec­tions of a Cana­dian Muslim Woman Ahmed al Ahmed was meet­ing a friend for cof­fee by Sydney’s Bondi Beach when a scene of mass murder unfol­ded before him....

A judge ruled Thursday to remove an injunction in place since the summer against Alberta's law prohibiting doctors from providing gender-affirming care to youth.

Com­plain­ant argued the need for pro­spect­ive law­yers to swear oath to the King viol­ated his reli­gious freedoms Alberta’s top court has ruled that the province’s require­ment for pro­spect­ive...

Assist­ant pro­fessor in crim­inal justice at the Uni­versity of the Fraser Val­ley and a senior con­sult­ant at the Wayamo Found­a­tion Atro­cit­ies in Sudan, Gaza, and Ukraine raise a ques­tion: do...

Fed­eral changes face back­lash over equity impacts and scant evid­ence that harsher pen­al­ties deter offences The fed­eral gov­ern­ment’s pro­posal to revive man­dat­ory min­imum pun­ish­ments that...

The rights group said it had documented atrocities committed by Palestinian armed groups, including murder, imprisonment, torture and sexual violence.

Austria’s centrist government passed the new law, which takes effect next year, after years of pressure from the far right.

Israel’s top court gave the government further reprieve on a long-stalled petition seeking free access to Gaza. Critics say barring journalists denies the world a full picture of conditions there.

Change would remove long-stand­ing reli­gious exemp­tion to the Crim­inal Code MPs voted to remove a long­stand­ing reli­gious exemp­tion to Canada’s hate-speech laws Tues­day after heated exchanges...

Bill also seeks to reduce num­ber of cases derailed by delays, revive man­dat­ory min­imum sen­tences The fed­eral gov­ern­ment has moved to toughen the Crim­inal Code for the second time this fall,...

Images appeared online of unveiled women competing in the race on Friday.

For­eign Affairs Min­is­ter Anita Anand wouldn’t say Wed­nes­day whether Canada would block the export of Ontario-made armoured vehicles for use by U.S. Immig­ra­tion and Cus­toms Enforce­ment....

The Girlguiding organization and the Women’s Institute both said a court ruling from earlier this year had forced their hands.