Egyptian authorities on Saturday ordered deposed president Mohamed Morsi to jail for four days pending investigations regarding Morsi's alleged insult to judicial authority. Morsi is charged with insulting the judiciary after he...
The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) on Friday stated it is "increasingly worried" for the safety of civilians in the Central African Republic (CAR). UNHCR reported that during a visit to CAR last week, they witnessed virtual lawlessness...
The Mississippi Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously upheld Mississippi's House Bill 2 , which stipulates that gun owners do not need a special permit to carry a gun in a holster or carrying case, so long as...
Momcilo Krajisnik , the former speaker for the Bosnian Serb parliament, returned to Bosnia Friday after being released from prison. Krajisnik, arrested in 2000, was convicted in 2006 by the International Criminal Tribunal...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay reprimanded the Sri Lankan government on Saturday during her opening remarks at a press conference during her week-long mission to Sri Lanka. Although she...
The UN Human Rights Committee declared Thursday that Australia's indefinite detention of 46 recognized refugees on security grounds amounted to cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment. The refugees, who have been detained for at least two-and-a-half...
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a lawsuit Thursday against the state of Texas, the Texas Secretary of State and the Director of the Texas Department of Public Safety, seeking a declaration from the...
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the ACLU of Oklahoma (ACLU-OK) filed a lawsuit on Tuesday in the Oklahoma County District Court seeking the removal of a Ten Commandments monument placed prominently...
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach and Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett filed a complaint on Wednesday in the US District Court for the District of Kansas demanding that the Election Assistance Commission (EAC)...
A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of California granted permission on Tuesday for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) to force-feed select inmates who are near death, even...
