The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Tuesday stayed an injunction that had blocked the Texas voter ID law , allowing its implementation. The injunction was put in place ...
Former prison nurse Jesse Vroegh filed a lawsuit in Polk County District Court on Monday under the Iowa Civil Rights Act and equal protection clause of Iowa Constitution claiming the Iowa's...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on Tuesday urged people to refrain from violence against Myanmar security forces, for authorities to adhere to human rights law, and for authorities to prohibit use of provocative...
Kenya Supreme Court ordered the election commission on Monday to allow Raila Odinga's National Super Alliance (NASA) and Uhuru Kenyatta's Jubilee Party limited access to its computer servers and electronic devices to assess the vote-count for themselves to verify the...
Guatemala's Constitutional Court issued an order Sunday blocking the expulsion of the lead UN anti-corruption official only hours after President Jimmy Morales ordered his expulsion. Morales argued that Ivan Velasquez, head of the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG)...
Myanmar's parliament amended the 2013 Telecommunications Law on Friday amidst growing concerns regarding the freedom of expression. The new law permits judges to release people on bail, allows only those directly affected, or with permission from...
Three democracy activists were jailed on Thursday for participating in the 2014 pro-democracy Umbrella Movement, which lead to thousands of Hong Kong citizens protesting on Sunday in opposition of their imprisonment. Joshua Wong, Nathan Law, and Alex Chow were convicted...
According to the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights , a protest in opposition of the reelection of President Uhuru Kenyatta for a second five-year term has resulted in at least 24 people dead on Saturday. Kenya police used...
The Philippines Office of the Ombudsman announced plans to charge former Philippines president Benigno Aquino III on Friday for the botched "anti-terror" raid that led to what is known as the Mamasapano massacre in...
The Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal voided the oaths of office of four opposition lawmakers on Friday and removed them from the legislature. Among the four disqualified lawmakers were 24-year-old Nathan Law, leader of the...
