UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said Tuesday that the death toll resulting from two years of armed conflict in Syria is approaching 70,000. The conflict and subsequent deaths arose out of a revolt against...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday said Yemen authorities failed to investigate top officials in the shooting deaths of 45 anti-government demonstrators killed in the country's "Friday of Dignity Massacre" in March 2011. The report...
The Council of Europe on Tuesday urged Turkey to move more quickly in its efforts to reform legislation. Council Secretary-General Thorbjorn Jagland , speaking at a conference in Ankara, emphasized the importance of reform in the...
The UK Parliament voted 400-175 on Tuesday in favor of legalizing same-sex marriage in England and Wales. The legislation , which was introduced late last month , would extend the application...
A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana on Tuesday accepted a plea agreement between British Petroleum (BP) and the US Department of Justice (DOJ) ...
Myanmar repealed a law on Tuesday that was used by the nation's military junta to impose long prison sentences on dissidents. The law, which was revoked by President Thein Sein , banned protests against the national convention and...
A military contractor that was accused in a lawsuit by former detainees of the Abu Ghraib prison of conspiring to torture detainees has paid $5.28 million to detainees held at the prison and other US detention...
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled Tuesday that overcrowding in Italy's prisons violates the basic rights of inmates. Seven inmates at two Italian prisons filed complaints against the Italian government in 2009,...
A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of California on Monday denied a request by Apple Inc. to permanently enjoin sales of Samsung smartphones. US District Judge Lucy Koh...
A three-judge panel in the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Monday granted permission to Texas officials to immediately appeal a ruling that rejected a Texas law ...
