Former American International Group (AIG) CEO Maurice Greenberg on Friday agreed to settle accounting fraud charges, first brought by then New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer in 2005. The current New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman...

According to an Amnesty International report (AI) on Friday, "the ongoing political persecution of Anwar Ibrahim is symbolic of Malaysia's crackdown on human rights." According to Josef Benedict, AI's Deputy Director for Southeast Asia and the Pacific, Anwar...

A judge for the US District Court for the Western District of Washington ruled Wednesday that Microsoft can pursue its legal challenge that government gag orders are unconstitutional. Microsoft brought suit in April of last year alleging...

The state of Georgia has settled a lawsuit against Secretary of State Brian Kemp over a voter registration law that would reject any application that did not exactly match personal identification information in state and federal...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday approved an 18-article bill that would provide significant changes to Turkey's constitution. A public referendum vote will be held on April 16 to see if the changes...

A UN human rights expert on Fridayurged the Cameroonian government to restore Internet access to the country's English-speaking populations. In his statement, Special Rapporteur David Kaye called the delay in restoring Internet access, which has been cut-off since...

The Mississippi Senate on Thursday approved a bill forbidding public universities and local governments to prohibit employees from disclosing any person's immigration status to a federal official. Senate Bill 2710 also prohibits local government and...

The New Hampshire House of Representatives on Thursday approved a bill that would repeal the law prohibiting state citizens from carrying concealed firearms without a permit. Though similar bills have passed through...

The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled Thursday that the practice of keeping former death row inmates in solitary confinement after their death sentences have been vacated is unlawful. The plaintiffs, Craig Williams and...

New Gambian President Adama Barrow has confirmed through a top EU official that The Gambia will remain in the International Criminal Court (ICC) . Neven Mimica , the EU Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development,...