A Russian court on Wednesday freed one member of the controversial feminist rock collective Pussy Riot . The Moscow City Court freed Yekaterina Samutsevich after accepting her argument that...
Representatives for the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) voiced their concern Tuesday over Iran's recent crackdown on activists speaking out within the nation. The OHCHR is most notably concerned by the September...
The Hamas criminal justice system is rife with human rights abuses, Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Wednesday. The report, entitled "Abusive System: Criminal Justice in Gaza," claims that under Hamas rule, people in...
The Arkansas Supreme Court announced Thursday that it would allow a ballot initiative to legalize medical marijuana on the November ballot. The decision came as part of a lawsuit brought by the...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) called Thursday for the Guinean government to further its support for the prosecution of crimes originating from a 2009 massacre. On the eve of the three-year anniversary of the massacre, HRW published a...
A Brazilian state court on Wednesday gave YouTube 10 days to remove from its website a film deemed offensive to Muslims. The court order follows a recent lawsuit brought by Muslim group National Islamic Union...
The Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) on Tuesday found three members of Sierra Leone's former Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC) guilty of contempt . Santigie Borbor Kanu and Hassan Papa Bangura were...
The Australian Senate on Thursday joined the House of Representatives in rejecting legislation to recognize same-sex marriage in the nation. The Marriage Amendment Bill , introduced by Senator Trish Crossin , was defeated...
The US Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Thursday unanimously passed a resolution calling for Ukraine to release former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko from prison. The resolution condemns President Viktor...
Brazil's National Truth Commission announced Monday that it will limit its inquiry to human rights abuses committed by the government under Brazil's military dictatorship from 1964 to 1985. There were some...
