UN Special Rapporteur Makarim Wibisono expressed "grave concern" Friday over the intensification of violence across Occupied Palestinian Territory. In his statement he urged Israel to "exercise restraint and to recognise that all, including Palestinians, have...
The Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that an officer must obtain a warrant in order to test the blood of a person suspected of driving while intoxicated (DWI). Minnesota's implied consent law, Statute §...
Amnesty International (AI) announced Tuesday it is setting up an office in Nigeria to investigate human rights abuses. In a showing of "solidarity with the victims of human rights violations," AI has established a permanent...
An Egyptian court on Monday ordered the release of former president Hosni Mubarak's sons, Gamal and Alaa Mubarak, after holding that they had completed their three-year prison sentences on embezzlement.The Cairo criminal court sentenced Hosni...
An Iranian Revolutionary Court on Monday convicted Washington Post correspondent Jason Rezaian , approximately two months after the end of his trial. Rezaian was accused of espionage for allegedly collecting confidential information,...
Transparency International and the UNCAC Coalition on Thursday urged the Mongolian parliament to veto a new bill that contains provisions granting amnesty to individuals being investigated for corruption. They argue that...
The High Court of Australia ruled Wednesday that the genetic material, BRCA1 , is not a "patentable invention" under §18(1)(a) of the Patents Act 1990 . Holding that allowing the gene...
California Governor Jerry Brown , on Saturday signed a new bill that is meant to protect minorities from racial profiling and excessive use of force by police. The "Racial and Identity Profiling Act of 2015"...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein called Saturday for a "swift, full and transparent investigation" into airstrikes that hit a Doctors Without Borders (MSF) clinic in Kunduz, Afghanistan, over...
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Utah on Tuesday blocked an order by Governor Gary Herbert that would have prevented Planned Parenthood from receiving federal funds after the...
