A Malaysian court on Tuesday awarded damages to a group of five opposition politicians and activists who were unlawfully detained pursuant to the country's controversial Internal Security Act of 1960 (ISA) , which permits indefinite detention without trial...

Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood announced Tuesday that the state's voter identification law will not take effect before the November 6 election. The new legislation , which would require voters to show photo...

The Verkhovna Rada , the Ukrainian parliament, on Tuesday approved a draft law that would ban pro-gay "propaganda" in Ukraine. The bill, roughly translated as the "the law on...

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases on Tuesday. In US v. Bormes the court heard arguments to determine whether the federal government has sovereign immunity for...

A judge for the US District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania on Monday dismissed a suit challenging a Pennsylvania House Resolution declaring 2012 the "Year of the Bible" . The Freedom...

A new Japanese copyright law that criminalizes illegal downloads of music and video files came in effect on Monday. The revised law now imposes penalties of two years in prison and fines of up...

A judge for the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court issued a preliminary injunction on Tuesday preventing Pennsylvania's voter identification law from taking effect for the upcoming presidential election. On remand from the Supreme Court...

A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of California on Monday lifted an injunction against Samsung which banned the sale of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 . After losing...

The Pacific Justice Institute (PJI) announced Monday that it has filed a lawsuit challenging a California law that bans sexual orientation therapy for minors. California Governor Jerry Brown on Saturday signed...

The rule of law continues to deteriorate in Egypt , and human rights abuses are occurring with alarming frequency, according to two reports released Tuesday by Amnesty International (AI) . In the report "Egypt: Brutality...