Council of Europe (COE) Human Rights Commissioner Thomas Hammarberg on Wednesday condemned the flurry of burqa and niqab bans that have been implemented recently around...
Top Republican lawmakers on Wednesday urged US President Barack Obama to define terror suspect interrogation, detention and prosecution procedures. In a letter to the president, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee Howard...
Taiwan established an anti-corruption agency Wednesday in an effort to quell corruption among government officials. The Agency Against Corruption (AAC) aims to reduce and deter corruption , raise conviction rates for corrupt officials and protect human rights. The...
A judge for the US District Court for the Central District of California on Tuesday tentatively ruled that Toyota could appeal the ruling in a class action lawsuit filed over alleged...
US President Barack Obama supports repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) , Press Secretary Jay Carney announced at a White House press briefing Tuesday. Carney also said that Obama supports the Respect for...
A federal judge on Friday ordered Florida's Dixie County Courthouse to remove the Ten Commandments monument displayed on the front steps of the courthouse. The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida (ACLUFL) filed the...
The Philippine government has failed to investigate and prosecute extrajudicial killings tied to the country's military, Human Rights Watch (HRW) announced Tuesday. In a report entitled "No Justice Just Adds to the Pain:...
The Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR) on Monday filed a complaint challenging a North Dakota law that effectively bans non-surgical abortions in the state. The law restricts the use of...
A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of California on Monday ruled that Google could appeal a decision permitting a wiretapping lawsuit against the company to proceed. Judge James...
Three Pakistani men filed a complaint on Monday seeking to arrest former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) legal counsel for authorizing unmanned predator drone strikes . The complaint alleges that former General Counsel to...
