Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson signed HB 1032 into law on Thursday banning the most common abortion procedure employed in the second trimester of pregnancy—dilation and evacuation. Proponents of the law, titled "The Arkansas Unborn Child Protection...

Turkish citizens hae filed 5,363 cases in the European Court of Human Rights over a purge carried out by the Turkish government in response to July's coup, according to the president of the court, Guido Raimondi [official...

The Slovenian parliament passed amendments to the Aliens Act to enact emergency measures to deny refugees entry into the country and to expel those whom did not have their asylum claims properly assessed on Wednesday. Amnesty International (AI)...

The UN announced on Thursday that the independent panel charged with assisting in the investigation and prosecution of war crimes or crimes against humanity in Syria will be headed by a senior judge or prosecutor with...

An international lawyer alleged on Thursday that she was attacked by two Dutch police officers due to her race, leaving her in the hospital. The American lawyer, Chaka Laguerre, claims that she was "brutalised, arrested and thrown into...

The Egyptian government prohibited a prominent human rights lawyer from leaving the country on Thursday. Negad Borai, the lawyer who runs the United Group for Law intended to visit family in Jordan when airport authorities prevented [AP...

A federal judge on Thursday blocked Ohio's lethal injection protocol. The protocol, which uses three drugs, was rejected as the sedative midazolam was deemed insufficiently humane. The sedative has been used in numerous states that experienced problematic executions....

Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rossello signed into law on Thursday a heavily-debated labor reform bill . The bill, known as the Labor Transformation and Flexibility Act, was enacted to stimulate the economy and create employment,...

The UK High Court ruled on Thursday that Nigerian citizens affected by Shell oil spills cannot sue for relief in the UK. Lawyers for the Nigeria residents promised to appeal the judgment immediately, claiming...

A Kenyan court on Thursday ordered doctors to end a strike or risk being sent to jail. The union protest has lasted for more than six weeks and has sent the hospital system into a crisis . Justice...