The Canadian government on Friday announced that it will appeal the decision of the Supreme Court of British Columbia striking down a ban on physician-assisted suicides. The Honourable Rob Nicholson for Niagara Falls,...

A lesbian couple filed suit in the US District Court for the Central District of California on Thursday seeking to achieve for gay and lesbian couples the same immigration rights afforded to heterosexual couples. Philippine immigrant Jane...

The Guttmacher Institute released a study on Thursday detailing how the enactment of numerous anti-abortion laws over the past decade has affected the reproductive rights of American women and created discrepancies among states. The report...

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit against several banks, including Bank of America (BOA) and Wells Fargo & Company , alleging that banks engaged in price-fixing...

Several natives of the US territory American Samoa on Tuesday filed a federal lawsuit in Washington, DC, arguing that those born in American Samoa should be granted automatic US citizenship. The lawsuit challenges federal laws ...

Politicians from two political parties in Russia on Friday asked the country's Constitutional Court to consider the constitutionality of a new law that greatly increases penalties for protesters who violate demonstration regulations. The new law...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday urged Russian authorities to conduct a thorough investigation into the murder of rights activist Natalia Estemirova , including an inquiry into possible official involvement in the killing. Estemirova,...

Twenty Ethiopian bloggers, journalists and senior opposition politicians were sentenced Friday to terms ranging from eight years to life in prison on terrorism charges. Amnesty International (AI) criticized the sentences, arguing that the measures taken...

A spokesperson for the UN Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (OHCHR) on Friday praised an announcement by Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak of plans to repeal the country's 1948...

The German government on Friday announced that it will act swiftly to lift criminal sanctions imposed on circumcision . Spokesperson for Chancellor Angela Merkel , Steffen Seibert, said that without adequate protections for the...