Concerned by the arbitrary detention of asylum-seekers by some States, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is calling for urgent reforms to halt this detrimental practice. Releasing its latest advocacy ...

University of Sydney provides funding as a member of The Conversation AU. The following field note is a short account of last Friday’s historic ruling by a top United Nations panel that Julian Assange ...

As WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange faces up to 175 years in prison if he is extradited to the U.S. under the Espionage Act for publishing classified documents exposing U.S. war crimes, Amnesty ...

On Sunday, researcher Nyrola Elimä reported that authorities in Thailand’s immigration detention center have separated 48 Uyghurs from other prisoners and prepared the former group for possible ...

The arrest of Yang will be a test of Canberra's resolve in pushing back against Beijing's use of arbitrary detention.

The UN’s Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Friday released a statement calling upon authorities in Guinea-Bissau to bring an immediate end to arbitrary detention and ...

FILE PHOTO: A general view of al-Hol displacement camp in Hasaka governorate GENEVA (Reuters) - A United Nations expert voiced concern on Friday that tens of thousands of children were being detained ...

After years of negotiations with Iran over successive US administrations, five American citizens unjustly detained by Iran are finally free. The release of the US citizens follows a series of similar ...

On the tenth anniversary of the kidnapping of Swedish publisher and writer Gui Minhai, human rights organisations, including the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World ...

Photo: Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian. The arbitrary detention of a foreign vessel by the US is a serious ...

The Australia government last week signed onto a joint statement calling for an end to arbitrary detention of citizens in state-to-state relations, following recent incidents in Iran, China, Russia, ...