Public prosecutor reportedly also to keep investigating whether Ghosn helped normalise economic relations with Israel.

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Release comes after Supreme Court ruling ended mandatory imprisonment of convicts after they lose their first appeal.

Exclusive, secretly filmed video smuggled out of Myanmar appears to show continued persecution of Rohingya people.

The asylum seekers from El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala who reached the U.S./Mexico border this week, now face an uncertain future with many bureaucratic steps that could take months, if not years.

More than 15 per cent of female refugees who came to Canada in the past five years did so to escape gender persecution, according to a CBC News investigation. Gender persecution is the most common reason women seek refuge in Canada,...

Refugees trying to escape persecution in neighbouring Myanmar

Rainbow Railroad is working with the Canadian government to grant asylum to at-risk LGBT individuals from Chechnya

Canada has been part of a secret program over the past few months to rescue gay men from Chechnya who, according to one human rights organization, were victims of state-sponsored persecution

Dr. Montaner, who pioneered the AIDS cocktail, says people with HIV still face stigma and persecution, even in Canada.

Grim milestone reached as experts estimate more than a million people were driven out of their countries by war, poverty and persecution in this record-breaking year

Dozens of prospective jurors were dismissed on the first day of Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial. Lawyers have begun the difficult process of selecting 12 jurors and six alternates who can be fair and impartial in the historic case.

From an initial seven members, Edmonton’s Rainbow Refuge has grown to include more than 600 people - roughly tripling in the past year - all who fled their native countries fearing persecution for their sexuality or gender expression.

Dozens of prospective jurors were dismissed promptly on the first day of Donald Trump's hush money trial. Lawyers have begun the difficult process of selecting 12 jurors and six alternates who can be fair and impartial in this historic...

Donald Trump is about to become the first former US President to stand trial.

A major victory for Human Rights Defenders in Colombia that's been more than two decades in the making.

A Russian drone strike on a nine-storey apartment block in Odesa kills at least 10 people including two babies and a toddler on Saturday. Ukraine President Zelenskyy slammed Russia for targeting civilians and urged allies for more air...

Rainbow Railroad, a Toronto-based organization that relocates LGBTQ refugees from nations where they are at risk, rescued Latoya Nugent from persecution in Jamaica. She joins CEO Kimahli Powell to tell Canada Tonight why the work is more...

The Rainbow Railroad, a Toronto-based organization that relocates LGBTQ refugees from nations where they are at risk, rescued Latoya Nugent from persecution in Jamaica. She joins CEO Kamali Powell to tell Canada Tonight why the work is...

After pleading not guilty Thursday to trying to overturn the results of his 2020 presidential election loss, former U.S. president Donald Trump suggested to reporters the case amounts to political persecution. 'This is the persecution of...

Former U.S. president Donald Trump has pleaded not guilty to the charges of trying to overturn the results of the November 2020 presidential election and inciting the Capitol insurrection on January 6, 2021. The next hearing is set for...

Volker Türk has been in his position since October 2022.

Judges say Rwanda cannot be considered a safe third country, after the scheme was heavily criticised by rights groups.

Canadian author Lawrence Hill met Queen Elizabeth in 2009 after winning a Commonwealth writer's prize. He tells Rosemary Barton about the conflict he felt meeting the monarch because of the Crown's history involving slavery and the...