Ecuador's criminal code, which prohibit abortions even in the case of rape, threatens the health of victims of sexual violence, Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Friday. Ecuador's abortion laws impose prison terms ranging...
A Russian court on Thursday sentenced political activist and lawyer Alexei Navalny to five years in prison for embezzling USD $500,000 from a state-owned timber company. Navalny, a strong critic of President Vladimir Putin [official website, in...
Judge Sang Hyun Song , the president of the International Criminal Court (ICC) , on Tuesday urged the international community to commit to bringing perpetrators of war crimes and genocide to justice. Song's statement marked...
Pakistan's new government on Thursday lifted the country's moratorium on executions. The Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N), a center-right party, took power during elections in May, defeating the incumbent Pakistan People's Party (PPP) . PML-N Interior Ministry spokesman Umer...
The North Carolina Senate passed 29-12 legislation on Wednesday that places severe restrictions on abortion. The bill will likely shut down most of the state's abortion clinics because it requires clinics to meet the...
A court in Bangladesh on Friday sentenced nine politicians from the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) to life imprisonment for the murder of journalist Gautam Das in 2005. Shortly before his murder, Das published a...
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit filed by five residents of American Samoa who claimed that the Fourteenth Amendment guarantees them US citizenship...
A judge for the Dane County Circuit Court on Friday allowed a lawsuit challenging Wisconsin's controversial collective bargaining law to proceed, despite objections from the state's Department of Justice (DOJ) [official...
Kansas Governor Sam Brownback on Friday signed the strict anti-abortion legislation into law. The legislation prohibits abortions based on the baby's sex, prevents abortion providers from receiving certain tax breaks and proclaims that life...
A state judge in North Dakota said Thursday that he will rule that a 2011 North Dakota law that restricts drug-induced abortions is unconstitutional. Judge Wickham Corwin of the Cass County District Court announced...
