Arizona voters approved Proposition 203 , authorizing the possession of up to two-and-a-half ounces of medical marijuana , according to results released by the Arizona Secretary of State Saturday. The measure, voted on during the midterm...

Amnesty International (AI) on Saturday praised the release of Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi , but urged the Myanmar government to release all political prisoners still held. AI described...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Saturday criticized the Azerbaijani Supreme Court for failing to order the release of imprisoned journalist Enyulla Fatullayev in violation of a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR)...

The Myanmar Police Force on Saturday released pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi , ending her almost eight years under house arrest. Police left the area and a barbed-wire fence near her home...

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has urged Hezbollah not to resort to violence in an attempt to impede the investigation of the UN Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) ...

Canadian UN ambassador John McNee on Friday announced that the country has endorsed the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples , reversing the government's initial opposition to the declaration. Though the government reiterated...

A Chinese court ruled Friday against a man who claimed he was denied a teaching job because he is HIV-positive, in China's first HIV/AIDs employment discrimination lawsuit. The man, known only by the alias Xiao Wu, said that he...

The US Supreme Court on Friday refused to vacate a stay issued by the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit allowing the military to continue enforcing its Don't...

The Rwandan high court ruled Friday that opposition leader Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza will remain jailed for the duration of her trial on charges of forming a terrorist organization. Judge Johnstone Busingyi indicated that his...

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a class action lawsuit Wednesday over a US military policy that cuts the separation pay of honorably discharged gay and lesbian service members in half. The...