A spokesperson for the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) warned Friday that the severe financial crisis facing the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) is negatively impacting...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday urged the Myanmar Parliament to reconsider a proposed law that they say has the potential to limit free expression and peaceful assembly. HRW acknowledged that the proposed law would replace...
India's Ministry of External Affairs said Monday that India will allow detained Italian marine Salvatore Girone to return home. The statement came after Italy's Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA)...
The US Supreme Court ruled 5-3 Monday in Ocasio v. United States that a defendant may be convicted of conspiring to violate the Hobbs Act based on proof that he reached an agreement...
The US House of Representatives voted unanimously Wednesday to pass the Email Privacy Act" . The purpose of the bill is to protect the e-mail correspondence of American citizens, as under the current Electronic Communications Privacy...
China passed a new law Thursday restricting non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and subjecting them to intense governmental scrutiny and other obligations such as reporting their sources of income and increasing the number of reasons for which their licenses will...
Margrethe Vestagar , the Commissioner of Competition for the EU, on Wednesday opened a probe into the international business practices of Google concerning the tech giant's relationship with other Android developers. Vestagar stated that Google's practice...
A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri on Tuesday approved a settlement agreement between the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and the city of Ferguson, Missouri ....
Election Justice USA on Monday is filing a suit in the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York claiming that the state has fraudulently changed the registration of thousands of voters which bars...
The UN reported Monday that violence in Afghanistan has injured health and education personnel, reducing available health care and restricting children's' access to fundamental health and educational services. The study , prepared by UNICEF and the UN Assistance Mission...
