The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) on Monday filed suit in the Inter-American Court of Human Rights to challenge Costa Rica's longstanding ban on in vitro fertilization (IVF)...

An American Indian tribe in Washington state on Monday voted to adopt a new law recognizing same-sex marriage . The law, approved by the Suquamish Tribe council, extends marriage rights to same-sex couples...

US Attorney General Eric Holder invoked the state secrets privilege Monday to block evidence in a lawsuit against the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) over its investigation into Muslim mosques. The Department of...

A Vietnamese appeals court on Tuesday upheld the seven-year sentence of prominent rights lawyer and dissident Cu Huy Ha Vu, convicted in April of carrying out anti-state propaganda. The court dismissed the appeal despite Vu's...

The trial of former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak began on Wednesday, with Mubarak pleading not guilty to all charges. Mubarak is charged with murder, attempted killing of protesters and other charges...

The Nigeria Ebonyi State Commissioner of Justice and the Attorney General, Ben Igwenyi, called Monday for the establishment of a special court to hear corruption cases. He argues that corruption cases in the regular courts take too long to...

The Constitutional Affairs Committee , an Italian parliamentary commission, on Tuesday approved a draft law that bans women from wearing full-face veils, including the Islamic burqa [JURIST...

Russian investigators on Tuesday reopened a case against former lawyer and purported whistle-blower Sergei Magnitsky, who died in a Moscow prison in November 2009. Magnitsky was arrested on allegations of tax fraud after implicating Russian police in...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) Tuesday criticized a report released by the Sri Lankan government for not taking responsibility for alleged violations of the laws of war. The Sri Lankan Ministry of Defense released...

A Vietnamese court on Tuesday began hearing the appeal of well-known lawyer and activist Cu Huy Ha Vu, who was convicted in April of carrying out anti-state propaganda. Vu was sentenced to seven years of imprisonment and...