Egyptian-born radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri , currently detained in the UK, filed an appeal challenging a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) allowing his extradition to the US....

Two UN Special Rapporteurs on Monday urged the government of Philippines to protect human rights defenders and ensure that they can pursue their work without interference. Margaret Sekaggya, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights...

Proponents of a Minnesota ballot initiative to ban same-sex marriage under the state constitution on Monday petitioned the state Supreme Court to restore the original title of the proposed amendment. Secretary of State Mark...

The Singapore government on Monday announced plans to ease mandatory death penalty sentencing requirements for murder and drug trafficking. Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean announced to the parliament that by the end of the year the...

An Egyptian court on Monday rejected pleas to release two sons of ousted former leader Hosni Mubarak while they await trial. Their lawyer, Farid el-Deeb, argued that his clients are detained unlawfully because...

Arguments began in the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Monday in a lawsuit brought by Texas against the US government regarding a voter identification law that was blocked by the Department of Justice...

UN Joint Special Envoy Kofi Annan on Monday said that he had reached an agreement with Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad to end the violent conflict in the country. Annan, who met with Al-Assad on Monday, said the president was...

A panel commissioned by the Israeli government recommended Monday that the state legalize dozens of unsanctioned West Bank settlements. The government has not yet endorsed the recommendations , which include facilitating settlement construction by annulling...

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Monday resumed the trial of former Bosnian Serb Army commander Ratko Mladic . The court reopened the trial with the...

Russia's Constitutional Court on Monday ruled that the World Trade Organization (WTO) accession package protocol for membership does not offend the Russian Constitution. The court's unanimous decision quashed the challenge brought...