A Cambodian court on Wednesday indicted three men in the beating of two opposition lawmakers last week. The men, Chay Sarith, Mao Hoeun and Suth Vanny, were charged with two counts of intention to commit violence and...
The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has determined that the imprisonment of Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim was political and has urged his immediate release, according to a copy of their report released Monday...
A German court deemed Monday that a 93-year-old former SS sergeant, charged with 170,000 counts of accessory to murder for allegedly serving as a Nazi camp prison guard, is fit for trial. Reinhold H, whose last name was withheld...
The USSenate on Tuesday passed legislation aimed at improving cyber-security defenses in the US. The Cybersecurity Sharing Information Act of 2015 encourages private entities "to monitor, and operate defensive measures," which will allow them "to detect,...
The Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday passed a handgun storage law requiring owners to either lock guns away or have the trigger disabled when not in reach. The law is "aimed at curbing...
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Hawaii said Friday that a Native Hawaiian election scheduled for November 1 may take place. The election, known as the Na'i Aupuni election, will...
Saudi Arabia's Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence of Shiite Muslim cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, who was found guilty of sedition and other charges following his involvement in the 2011 Arab Spring Movement. Nimr's brother made the announcement...
Rohingya refugees from Myanmar have faced horrific abuses at sea, Amnesty International (AI) reported Wednesday, warning of the potential for another "sailing season" crisis. According to AI, many of the Rohingya have been rendered...
Following a landmark settlement allowing transgender inmates to receive sex-reassignment surgery , California prison officials on Tuesday announced the criteria inmates must meet to qualify for the surgery. Seeking to standardize the process, California prison officials...
A judge for the US District Court for the Western District of Texas on Friday issued a temporary order allowing Texas officials to continue denying birth certificates to children of immigrants. Earlier this year a group of undocumented...
