The Arkansas Senate approved a bill by a vote of 26-8 on Thursday that would prohibit abortions after the first fetal heartbeat is detected, which could be as early as five weeks into the...
The Virginia Senate approved legislation on Friday that would prohibit the state government from discriminating against its employees based on sexual orientation. The Senate passed the bill 24-16 with four Republicans joining...
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Friday vacated the conspiracy conviction of Ali Hamza Ahmad Suliman Al Bahlul , the media secretary of Osama bin Laden [JURIST...
The Russian State Duma on Friday approved the first reading of a bill that would ban the promotion of homosexuality among children. The bill, if passed, would likely ban any event in Russia that promotes...
The British government introduced legislation on Friday to legalize same-sex marriage in England and Wales. The bill would extend the UK's Marriage Act of 1949 to apply to same-sex couples as well as opposite-sex...
The US Department of Defense (DOD) announced Friday that it will not withdraw charges of conspiracy against five accused plotters of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, including Khalid Shaikh Mohammed . Chief Guantanamo prosecutor,...
Malian security forces have killed civilians in the town of Niono in central Mali, Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported on Saturday. HRW said that Mali's army has been targeting ethnic groups associated with rebels in...
A court in Bahrain on Thursday released human rights activist Sayed Yousif Al-Muhafda on bail pending trial for charges of spreading false news to harm security, according to Amnesty International (AI) . Al-Muhafda,...
A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of Indiana on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit brought by a union challenging Indiana's right-to-work law on the grounds that the challenge could not succeed...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Sunday urged Sudan to end its crackdown against political and cultural groups. In December Sudanese authorities shut down four organizations in Khartoum that promoted cultural diversity, democracy and human rights....
