A group of UN human rights experts on Wednesday said the executive order on immigration signed by US President Donald Trump breaches international human rights obligations . The order , signed last Friday, bars all nationals from...
The Supreme Court of India on Friday rejected a public interest litigation seeking an all-India ban on cow slaughter. The order sought a total ban on the slaughter of all cattle including calves or a writ of mandamus...
France published a decree on Thursday which, as of Friday, prohibits businesses from offering unlimited soft drinks. The decree, approved in 2015 by the French Parliament in an effort to reduce the...
A journalist and a graduate student at MIT filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against eight federal agencies for records on attorney general nominee Jeff Sessions . Jason Leopold and Ryan Shapiro allege the agencies improperly refused to...
UN Special Rapporteur Michel Forst delivered a preliminary report on Tuesday recommending to authorities in Mexico on how to improve the protection of human rights defenders. According to Forst, the growing impunity in Mexico "has...
Croatian police are forcing those seeking asylum in Croatia back to Serbia in violation of EU policy, Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported on Friday. According to those interviewed by HRW, after being detained by...
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman released a memo on Thursday that provides model language to be used for immigration laws and policies in so-called "sanctuary cities" nationally. Schneiderman's memo suggest not detaining undocumented inmates for...
The Malaysian court of appeal ruled Wednesday that jailed opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim can continue challenging the rejection of his petition for a royal pardon. Anwar, the former deputy prime minister, is serving a five-year jail sentence for...
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against New York City for revoking the offer of an emergency dispatch position because the applicant was HIV positive. The DOJ claims [Reuters...
A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia ordered the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Wednesday to evaluate how many power plant and coal mining jobs have been lost due...
