Advocacy group Human Rights Watch (HRW) warned Monday that there are "systemic failures, such as unreasonable delays in care and unqualified medical staff leading to "dangerously subpar" medical care in US immigration detention centers. The...

Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama was sentenced Tuesday to two years in prison after being found guilty of blasphemy by an Indonesian court . Ahok is Christian and the charges...

Former acting US Attorney General Sally Yates testified before a Senate judiciary subcommittee on Monday stating that she had warned about former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn's vulnerabilities to blackmail by Russia less than a week after President Donald...

The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit heard oral arguments on Monday regarding President Donald Trump's immigration executive order. The Trump Administration is appealing a Maryland court ruling in March which placed a temporary...

A Chinese human rights lawyer detained in the city of Changsha since 2015 pleaded guilty Monday to incitement to subversion and disturbing legal proceedings. Prosecutors accused Xie Yang of conspiring with people in and out of China to...

Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Sunday signed into law a bill banning so-called "sanctuary cities" in the state. Under the law, municipal officials who fail to assist with federal immigration enforcement could face...

Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam on Friday signed SB 1085 into law which mandates that undefined laws be given their natural and ordinary meaning. Dubbed the "natural and ordinary meaning" law, it requires that "undefined...

The National Control Commission for the Election Campaign for the Presidential Election (CNCCEP) on Saturday cautioned media outlets against sharing information leaked from an alleged hack of a presidential candidate. The hackers...

The Dallas County Sheriff's Department issued an arrest warrant Friday for former Police Officer Roy Oliver over the murder of Jordan Edwards, a young black man. Oliver turned himself in that night. Roy Oliver was...

The US Department of State issued a press release Friday expressing concern over the prolonged pretrial detention of five Cambodian activists. Four members of the Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC) , along with one...