Global human rights body, Amnesty International, has condemned the arbitrary arrest of Abubakar Salim Musa by the Nigerian police, describing it as a clear abuse of power.

A US judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked two federal agencies from arresting noncitizens at immigration courthouses in the ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — One of the main opposition parties in Ivory Coast has denounced what it says are “arbitrary arrests” of six party members, calling the arrests part of a broader crackdown ...

South Sudanese security forces have carried out sweeping arbitrary arrests of boys, young men and women in the capital, Juba, ...

SEOUL, July 9 (Yonhap) -- A South Korean human rights expert has been appointed as a member of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD), an independent body that investigates arbitrary arrest ...

Aug. 6 (UPI) --Georgetown University researcher Badar Khan Suri was permitted to return to his job and stay in the United States after a deal was struck with the federal government as litigation plays ...

The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has voiced serious concerns regarding the ongoing practice of arbitrary ...

Interviews with police officers and internal police records in El Salvador expose widespread misconduct, including arbitrary arrests and abuse of power, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Friday. HRW ...

Police process some of the people where arrested in a kettling and mass arrest of people at Washington Avenue and Tucker Boulevard in St. Louis on Sept. 17. A group of police officers chanted "Whose ...

This submission highlights Human Rights Watch’s concerns about Angola’s compliance with its international human rights obligations since its previous Universal Periodic Reviews (UPR) in 2014 and 2019.

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — One of the main opposition parties in Ivory Coast has denounced what it says are “arbitrary arrests” of six party members, calling the arrests part of a broader crackdown ...