Amerigo Incalcaterra, the regional representative for South America from the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) , expressed concern Tuesday over the violence in prisons in South America...
The Virginia House of Delegates on Friday voted 71-28 to approve a bill that would allow adoption agencies to refuse to place a child if the agency, or anyone affiliated with it, disagrees with the proposed...
A French court of appeals on Thursday upheld the 2009 fraud conviction against the Church of Scientology , fining the defendants a total of €600,000. The decision upheld the original conviction of the Spiritual Association...
Lawyers for two Guantanamo prisoners accused of planning the 9/11 attacks asked the Pentagon Thursday to extend the filing deadline for pre-trial motions. There are currently two prisoners requesting extension, and they both cite the recent mail...
The French Commercial Tribunal in Paris ruled Tuesday that Google Maps is anti-competitive because it is offered as a free service. The plaintiff, Bottin Cartographers , alleged that Google provides its maps...
UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon said in a statement delivered Sunday to the African Union Summit that Africa must honor the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by ending discrimination based on sexual orientation and...
US Representative Edward Markey (D-MA) and seven other lawmakers Thursday sent a letter to Google CEO Larry Page containing 11 questions regarding consumer privacy rights as affected by Google's new privacy...
Former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt will be made to testify at his genocide trial, according to a statement by judicial officials on Saturday. Rios Montt was in control of Guatemala from 1982 to 1983 as a result of...
The Yemeni parliament on Saturday approved a bill granting immunity to President Ali Abdullah Saleh in exchange for him stepping down. In the same bill, parliament recommended current...
In a statement at a conference on democracy in the Arab world Sunday, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon demanded that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad end the violence against the Syrian people. In his speech, Ban...
