A lawsuit filed against the state of Florida on Monday in the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida alleges that the state's ban on local authorities hiring companies that do business in...

A Muslim rights group filed a lawsuit in the US District Court for the District of New Jersey on Wednesday seeking to end the New York Police Department (NYPD) controversial surveillance...

Prominent Bahraini rights activist Nabeel Rajab was arrested and returned to prison on Wednesday after posting critical comments about the government on his social media page, according to his lawyer. This is not the first time Rajab has been...

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Idaho on Tuesday rejected a petition for full access to executions submitted by the Associated Press and 16 other newspaper agencies. The...

The Philippine Congress on Wednesday approved the Terrorism Financing Prevention and Suppression Act of 2012 that criminalize the financing of terrorism. The bill penalizes an individual who organizes or directs the commission of the crime of financing...

The bipartisan legal advisory group in charge of defending the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) filed its brief on Monday defending the act's provision denying federal benefits to lawfully married same-sex couples....

The European Commission on Wednesday announced a proposal that would address the problems of bailing out large banks with public funds during financial crises in the future. The proposal rests on Article 114...

North Korea's caste system leads to abuses and human rights violations in the country, the Committee for Human Rights in North Korea (HRNK) reported Wednesday. The report alleges that the caste system, known as Songbun,...

The Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt said Wednesday that it will rule on the constitutionality of the proposed amendments to the political isolation law on June 14. The Political isolation law was passed in 2011 and had...

The Interior Minister of Bahrain said that the government was not responsible for the use of excessive force by police officers last year, which resulted in the death of more than 30 protesters, a regional newspaper reported Wednesday. The...