A Georgia state court judge on Monday reversed his earlier decision blocking a Muslim man from entering his courtroom on three separate occasions on account of the man's religious headwear. Troy "Tariq" Montgomery wears a tight-fitting cap called a...
The appeals court in Niger's capital Niamey ordered the release of former president Mamadou Tandja Tuesday after dropping all charges against the ousted leader. Tandja has been in custody for 14 months following a military...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday urged Syria to lift the siege on the town of Daraa and accused Syrian authorities of violating international law in attempting to quell protesters. Movement in and out of...
Luis Moreno-Ocampo, the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) , on Thursday announced an investigation into recent violence following national elections in Nigeria earlier this month. The preliminary investigation, a precursor...
UN Special Rapporteur on the right to freedom of opinion and expression Frank LaRue on Tuesday called on Algeria to "guarantee the right to freedom of opinion and expression" including decriminalizing defamation. LaRue noted that, despite significant...
The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Tuesday ruled en banc against same-sex adoptive parents seeking an amended Louisiana birth certificate that listed both unmarried men as the parents of the child....
The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) announced on Tuesday the appointment of three "high-level experts" to lead the Commission of Inquiry charged with investigating allegations of human rights abuses in the Ivory Coast following elections....
Human rights organizations including Human Rights Watch (HRW) and Doctors Without Borders (DWB) criticized Bahrain on Friday for rampant human rights abuses related to anti-government protests. HRW deputy Middle East director...
International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo on Tuesday revealed that his office has uncovered evidence that embattled Libyan leader Mummar Gaddafi planned to attack civilians to forestall regime-toppling revolution. Moreno-Ocampo...
The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Friday urged all parties to show restraint in the Ivory Coast . OHCHR spokesperson Rupert Colville acknowledged that OHCHR...
