The Mexican Senate unanimously passed legislation Tuesday that would amend Article 73 of the Constitution to make attacks against journalists a federal crime. The action comes following the deaths or disappearances of almost 50 journalists...
Former prime minister of Iceland Geir Haarde went on trial Monday on charges of negligence relating to the 2008 financial crisis . The charges stem from the collapse of the country's three major...
Iran's Supreme Court on Monday overturned the death sentence of alleged US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) spy Amir Mirzaei Hekmati and ordered a retrial. The Supreme Court objected to the ruling and annulled it , sending...
Bahrain is convicting hundreds of opposition activists in unfair and politically motivated trials, Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Tuesday. The 94-page report details alleged due process violations in both civilian and military courts....
The UK has begun circulating a proposal for changes to the European Convention on Human Rights , which was leaked to the press on Tuesday. The proposal, entitled the Brighton Declaration , began circulating to member states last...
The Virginia House of Delegates passed a watered-down version of a controversial ultrasound bill Wednesday, which requires women seeking an abortion have a transabdomenal ultrasound before going through with the procedure. The...
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon on Tuesday extended the mandate for the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) for the next three years. The independent tribunal was set up by the Lebanese government to...
Proponents of Proposition 8 , California's same-sex marriage ban, on Tuesday requested a new hearing before the full US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit . The request comes after a three-judge...
Judge Clark Waddoups of the US District Court for the District of Utah said Tuesday that he would delay his ruling on Utah's immigration law until the US Supreme Court rules on...
Judge Ahmed Refaat will set the date to announce his verdict in a court session next Wednesday in the trial of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak , the judge told the court Thursday. Mubarak's...
