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U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Fitzgerald Anthony Hudson, 51, of Dearborn Heights, Michigan, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with health care fraud. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years’ imprisonment and a fine of $250,000.

As defections from Syrian forces mount, hundreds of Kurdish Syrian soldiers have put down their guns and fled into Iraq. They tell of how they were forced to open fire on civilians and hide the bodies in mass graves.

An Amnesty International report has accused Sri Lanka of perpetrating human rights violations even after the end of the civil war.

An independent United Nations expert has joined regional partners today in urging governments to stop reprisals against individuals and groups seeking to cooperate with UN and regional human rights mechanisms.

An Egyptian military tribunal has acquitted an army doctor of public obscenity charge filed by a protester, who claimed she was forced to undergo a virginity test, while in detention.

Thomas Lubanga was found guilty of conscripting and enlisting children under the age of 15 and using them to participate in hostilities.

Thai authorities are bracing themselves for a possible downgrade on the U.S. State Department’s watch list of countries with the worst records in combating human trafficking.

Deadly attacks by the radical Islamic sect Boko Haram have turned life upside down for residents in the northern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, since the group's re-emergence there in 2010. Thousands of children are now unable, or too afraid, to go to school after militants set fire to at least a dozen schools.

Impoverished people in developing South Asian countries are increasingly being targeted and "exploited" in the growing black market trade of human organs, a new paper has revealed.

The lack of women in top jobs in the business world harms Europe's competitiveness and hampers economic growth. This is why several EU Member States – notably Belgium, France, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain – have started to address the situation by adopting legislation that introduces gender quotas for company boards. Some countries – Denmark, Finland, Greece, Austria and Slovenia – have adopted rules on gender balance for the boards of state-owned companies.