The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday upheld a California ban on the sale of shark fins, which makes it "unlawful for a person to possess, sell, offer for sale, trade,...
The National Executive Board of Boy Scouts of America (BSA) on Monday voted to amend its leadership policy to effectively allow openly gay individuals to serve as leaders and employees of the organization. The organization...
Eleven Cambodia opposition members on Tuesday were sentenced to long-term prison terms for participating in July 2014 clashes related to the closing of a protest site. Three of the eleven individuals, all part of the Cambodian National Rescue Party...
A Mexican federal official on Friday announced that seven of those who were being questioned regarding the prison escape of drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman have been formally arrested. Originally sentenced for conspiracy to...
China's state media on Tuesday criticized recently-detained human rights lawyers for actions it says undermine the rule of law. The crackdown on human rights lawyers comes as part of a larger push by President Xi Jinping [BBC...
Bahraini King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa on Monday released Bahrain Center for Human Rights president Nabeel Rajab citing health reasons. Despite the release, the US State Department and...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on Tuesday expressed concern over a new national security law which increases China's cyber security powers. The law calls for an increase...
The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia on Tuesday upheld a 75-year-long policy prohibiting individuals, corporations or firms working under federal contracts from contributing to the campaigns of federal candidates, parties...
Thousands gathered across Spain on Tuesday to protest Spain's new public security law that went into effect on Wednesday. The Citizen Security Law , labeled as a "gag law" by protesters, sets fines for burning the national...
US Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday appointed Lee Wolowsky the new envoy to lead the Obama administration's efforts to close the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay . Wolowsky is...
