Amnesty International (AI) on Friday praised Oman's Sultan Qaboos bin Said Al-Said's decision to pardon all activists and writers convicted last year for insulting the ruler, information technology crimes and taking...
The Arkansas Senate on Tuesday voted 22-12 to approve a bill that would require voters to show photo identification prior to casting ballots. The bill had previously passed the Arkansas House...
A Saudi Arabian criminal court in Riyadh on Saturday sentenced two Saudi Arabian human rights activists on to at least 10 years in prison. The activists were found guilty earlier that day of sedition, providing foreign media...
The Pakistan Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned the death penalty for two civilians, Rana Naveed and Ameer Sohail, who were sentenced by an army appellate court for attacking the country's former military president Pervez Musharraf [BBC report;...
UN Special Rapporteur on torture Juan Mendez called Tuesday for a debate on abuses and mistreatment in health care settings that potentially equate to torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment. The call...
Egypt's Supreme Constitutional Court on Sunday dismissed complaints against the assembly that drafted the country's new constitution, the official MENA news agency reported. The complaints had challenged the method for selecting members of the assembly...
Somali appeals court judge Mohamed Hassan Ali on Sunday dropped charges against a woman who alleged she had been raped by Somali government security forces and was consequently charged with defamation against the government. The judge found the evidence...
Businesses, cities, and other organizations filed two amicus curiae briefs with the US Supreme Court Tuesday in support of same-sex marriage . The groups urged the court to strike down the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)...
Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe on Tuesday vetoed the Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act which would have banned all abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy except in cases of rape, incest or...
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on Thursday filed an appeal in the Guantanamo Bay military tribunal, the US Court of Military Commission Review , to an...
