The Massachusetts legislature passed a bill Tuesday night that will protect transgender people in housing, credit and the workplace, as well as including them under hate crime protections. The bill passed the House by a...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) and EG Justice claimed Tuesday that Equatorial Guinea's recent referendum on constitutional reforms was rife with voter fraud . The referendum , which was approved with near-unanimous support, removed...

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on Monday filed a brief in its appeal to the Montana Supreme Court arguing that denying partnership benefits to same-sex couples violates the Montana state...

A panel of judges from the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Wednesday ordered the appointment of a medical expert to conduct a medical examination and issue a report...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday called on Egypt's military prosecutors to release Alaa Abd El Fattah , a blogger and activist who engaged in protests and accused the Supreme Council of Armed Forces (SCAF)...

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday filed a brief in the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit urging the court to strike down Alabama's immigration law ....

Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom on Tuesday said he will allow former president Alfonso Portillo to be extradited to the US for trial. The charges against Portillo in the US stem from accusations of...

Prosecutors with Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal (ICTB) Monday filed an application for formal charges against the detained leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) , alleging crimes against humanity committed during the Bangladesh Liberation War of...

The Ukrainian Parliament on Tuesday voted against hearing amendments that would have effectively freed former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko by fining her rather than imposing a criminal sentence for the...

The Philippine Supreme Court issued a temporary restraining order Tuesday allowing former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to leave the country despite accusations of corruption and electoral fraud. The court ruled 8 -...