Human Rights Watch released a report on Thursday calling for the Ivory Coast government to prosecute both sides of the post-election violence equally. The violence began last November when Alassane Ouattara defeated incumbent...

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases on Wednesday. In Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v. EEOC , the court considered whether an employment discrimination claim can...

The Ukrainian parliament on Wednesday rejected four amendments to the country's Criminal Code . Parliamentary deputies refused to include in the agenda for discussion proposed amendments to the Code, which were introduced by the...

Head of the European Union Rule of Law Mission to Kosovo (EULEX) , Xavier de Marnhac, announced on Wednesday that an EU prosecutor will visit Albania to investigate allegations of an organ trafficking scheme that took place in...

Malaysia's government on Wednesday released 125 prisoners who were being held under a decades-old security law that has been widely criticized by human rights and opposition groups. In an address to Parliament earlier this week, Prime Minister...

A Bahrain civilian-military court on Wednesday sentenced 19 more protesters to prison terms of up to five years, bringing the total number of protesters sentenced this week to 85. The court sentenced 13 protesters to five...

German prosecutors intend to reopen hundreds of investigations involving former Nazi death camp guards, according to Wednesday reports. This initiative results from the conviction of John Demjanjuk , a retired US autoworker who...

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Tuesday upheld the constitutionality of gun laws containing certain registration requirements and laws prohibiting the ownership of assault weapons and large-capacity magazines. The...

A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on Tuesday sentenced a pair of Somali men to life in prison for their involvement in the hijacking of a yacht that...

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in three cases on Tuesday. In Maples v. Thomas , the court considered a death penalty appeal where Cory Maples missed his ability to...