Following the release of a small number of persons arbitrarily detained in Venezuela on 8 January 2026 out of a total of ...

This nation was founded on a radical promise: The government, not the accused, must carry the burden of proof when it deprives someone of their liberty. That principle is not abstract; it is the ...

UGA 001 / 0126 / OBS 003 Arbitrary detention / Judicial harassment Uganda 14 January 2026 The Observatory for the Protection ...

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 ...

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 ...

NEW DELHI (AP) — India has lodged a protest with China over what it called an “arbitrary detention” of an Indian citizen at the Shanghai airport after the traveler from a northeastern state said she ...

BERLIN (AP) — China insisted on Monday that “arbitrary detention” or “re-education centers” do not exist in its far western Xinjiang region, rejecting concerns raised by a U.N. human rights committee ...