The prison sentence for outspoken Bahraini rights activist Nabeel Rajab , who has been detained since July, was reduced by one year in an appeals court on Tuesday. Rajab, founder of the Bahrain Center for...

The mother of US citizen and convicted terrorist Jose Padilla on Monday filed a complaint with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IAHCR) for torture and unlawful detention....

The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday in Kloeckner v. Solis that a federal employee appealing a "mixed case" from the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) should appeal by suing in...

A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina ruled Friday that North Carolina may not offer specialty pro-life license plates without offering a pro-choice alternative. In a challenge brought...

A report by the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) has found that atheists and other non-religious persons suffer persecution and discrimination all over the world, and that prosecutions of blasphemy have risen...

The US District Court for the Western District of Washington on Thursday ruled that the state's most comprehensive underage sex trafficking law is unconstitutional, prompting legislators to drop their defense of the law. In particular,...

The US answered to allegations that it has illegally detained juveniles in a prison in Afghanistan in a recent report given to the UN Committee on Rights of the Child . The report was released in...

Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi on Monday ordered the military to work with the nation's police to maintain security until the referendum on Saturday. This order, which leads up to the already controversial referendum on Egypt's constitution, gives...

The UN Special Rapporteur on human rights defenders on Friday urged China to end retaliatory efforts against Chen Guangcheng , a blind human rights lawyer who successfully fled the communist country...

Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi on Sunday ended a controversial decree that had greatly expanded his presidential powers. Although the move was viewed as a concession to protesters who had called for the end of the...