Arizona Governor Jan Brewer issued an executive order on Wednesday that instructs state agencies not to provide driver's licenses and other public benefits to undocumented immigrants who have gained the right to...
Amnesty International (AI) on Wednesday urged the government of Hungary to protect the nation's Roma communities from attacks. On August 5, violence erupted in the Hungarian village of Devecser when more than a...
A judge in Brazil ruled on Tuesday that construction on the Belo Monte Dam must stop until local indigenous communities are allowed to voice their opinions on the environmental impact of the dam. The Brazilian government declared ...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged the government of Ethiopia on Wednesday to release 17 prominent Muslim leaders who were arrested last month in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa. HRW asserted that the Ethiopian government has...
The High Court of Australia on Wednesday rejected a request by the nation of Hungary to extradite a Nazi war crimes suspect. The case concerned a man named Charles Zentai , an Australian citizen...
A judge for the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court on Wednesday declined to issue an injunction to prevent the state's voter ID law from taking effect. The plaintiffs in the case are Pennsylvania residents...
The High Court of Australia on Wednesday upheld a law that requires cigarette packages to display graphic images warning of the dangers of smoking and bans brand logos. The plaintiffs in the case were...
A court in Egypt on Tuesday sentenced 14 Islamist members of the jihadist organization Al-Tawhid we Al-Jihad to death for their roles in a series of attacks in northern Sinai in July 2011. The Ismailiya Criminal Court, located in...
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced Tuesday that Wells Fargo will pay a $6.5 million fine for improperly selling high-risk mortgage securities to investors during the housing market crash in 2007....
A rights group reported on Monday that two lawyers who are being detained by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have started a hunger strike to demonstrate against their allegedly illegal detentions. The UK-based Emirates Centre for Human...
