The Delaware Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the state's death penalty statute is unconstitutional. Citing a January US Supreme Court decision that found that Florida's death penalty scheme violated the Sixth Amendment , the...

A judge for the US District Court for the District of North Dakota on Monday barred the state from enforcing its voter identification law. Judge Daniel Hovland issued a preliminary injunction, finding that the strict law...

Chinese authorities released a prominent human rights lawyer from detention on Monday. Wang Yu was released on bail after confessing to "subverting state power" and rejecting awards from the American Bar Association and Ludovic Trarieux Prize for her...

The prime minister of Cambodia filed a lawsuit alleging defamation against an opposition leader and opposition party leader on Monday. Primer Minister Hun Sen's lawyer filed suit against Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) President Sam Rainsy for posting...

Controversial new security laws took effect Monday in Malaysia. Backed by Prime Minister Najib Razak , the National Security Act will allow government authorities to declare martial law in areas deemed to be under a security...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on Monday expressed concern over efforts by the Iraqi government to expedite implementation of the death penalty. Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi has created...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Sunday urged Iraqi military commanders to prevent historically abusive militias from participating in the campaign to retake the city of Mosul from the Islamic State (IS). Last March the Iraqi army began...

Brazilian authorities on Saturday arrested a man charged with committing war crimes in 1992 against the civilian population of former Yugoslavia. The search for wanted criminal Nikola Ceranic began in late June after Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH)...

US President Barack Obama signed Senate Bill No. 764 into law on Friday, which requires labeling of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in food products under a single national standard. The law requires the Department of Agriculture...

A county judge ruled Friday that Kansas must count thousands of votes from people who registered without providing citizenship documents. Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach had imposed a rule that directed local election officials...