UNl Special Rapporteur David Kaye called on Thai authorities Tuesday to cease using royal defamation laws to counter free speech that is critical of the royal family. This report was released as a law student...

The trial of eight former Bosnian Serb police officers charged with participating in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre began on Monday before the Higher Court in Belgrade. The court rejected another postponement , as defense lawyers postponed...

The Syrian government has hanged more than 13,000 prisoners in extrajudicial executions over a five-year period at Saydnaya prison, Amnesty International (AI) reported Monday. The report says that the hangings occurred with alarming frequency,...

UN Special Advisor on the Prevention of Genocide Adama Dieng said Monday that violence in Myanmar's Rakhine state could amount to crimes against humanity. Responding to a UN report issued last week,...

South Korea's special prosecutor indicted former culture minister Cho Yoon-sun and former presidential chief of staff Kim Ki-choon Tuesday for their roles in creating a blacklist of opposition artists. They are charged with coercion, abuse...

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy was ordered Tuesday to face trial over alleged illegal campaign financing during his 2012 run for re-election. France places a limit of €22.5 million for campaign spending. Investigators suspect [L'Express report, in...

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Monday announced a $2.2 million settlement with VIZIO over the alleged collection of viewer data without consent. The settlement was in response to an FTC complaint [text,...

Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards was sued on Monday over the public defender system over allegations it denies effective representation to the poor . Edwards was sued by the Southern Poverty Law Center ...

Responding to mounting actions by President Pierre Nkurunziza , UN human rights experts condemned on Monday governmental hostility towards non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and human rights defenders. The UN Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights...

Missouri Governor Eric Greitens signed a bill into law on Monday, making Missouri the most recent right to work state. The law, which will go into effect August 28, prevents employers from requiring union membership or dues to support...