A Russian court handed down prison sentences of between 42 and 66 months Friday to three lawyers of the late Russian ...

The United Nations human rights chief has called for the lifting of Western sanctions imposed on Syria over its yearslong ...

U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said the extent of atrocities committed in Syria is hard to believe and ...

U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk called on Wednesday for a Syrian national reconciliation process to ...

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk arrived in Syria's capital, Damascus, on Tuesday for the first ...

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has visited the notorious Sednaya prison outside Damascus.

Interim Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib meets with United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk ...

Highlighting the importance of the work done by human rights defenders including journalists, the UN High Commissioner for ...

The UN on Tuesday urged Mozambique's security forces to refrain from the "unnecessary or disproportionate use of force" in the demonstrations ahead of Daniel Chapo's inauguration as president, ...

The Human Rights Watch, or HRW, warns that even if the government in Bangladesh changes, the practice of human rights ...

The UN rights chief calls for sanctions relief as he visits Syria for the first time::::Damascus, Syria ::Volker Turk, United ...

Keith Siegel will return to Israel after a year to the news that his mother has died while Sagui Dekel-Chen will return to ...