Amnesty International (AI) on Friday called for a halt to the "escalating campaign" against human rights activists taking place in Venezuela. According to human rights groups, the government has employed tactics intended to discredit...
Maine's revised concealed carry law went into effect Thursday and allows legal gun owners to carry concealed weapons without a permit. The law was passed by the Maine State Legislature and approved by Governor...
Myanmar President Thein Sein signed a nationwide ceasefire agreement (NCA) with eight armed rebel groups on Thursday in an effort to establish peace in Myanmar. The agreement is a move towards incorporating rebel groups into the...
The Parliament of the Republic of Moldova stripped former prime minister Filat Vladimir of immunity on Thursday and later detained him on suspicion of involvement in a 2014 bank fraud scheme. The allegations suggest...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) criticized the Malaysia Federal Court on Thursday for overturning a prior ruling that declared a discriminatory transgender law unconstitutional. The November 2014 ruling by the Putrajaya Court of Appeal reviewed...
The Second District Court of Appeal of California ruled 2-1 Wednesday that public colleges and universities have no duty to protect students from violence committed by other students on campus. The dispute arose after University of...
The UN issued the Revised Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners Wednesday to improve the treatment of prisoners throughout the world. Ivan Šimonović, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, spoke on behalf of Secretary-General Ban...
The Michigan House of Representatives approved medical marijuana legislation Wednesday to clarify the legal regulation of the medical marijuana industry. The "medical marihuana facilities licensing act" provides the licensing requirements for businesses to grow,...
A lawyer for former Guantanamo detainee Younous Chekkouri said Thursday that the Moroccan government is not upholding the diplomatic assurances it provided to the US State Department regarding the release of his client, namely that...
The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals on Friday unanimously granted a request from Attorney General Scott Pruitt to halt all of the state's scheduled executions to allow for an investigation into...
