Amnesty International (AI) published a policy statement on Wednesday calling for the decriminalization of sex workers . Stating that, "ex workers are at heightened risk of a whole host of human rights abuses including rape,...

South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley signed a bill on Wednesday banning abortions at the 20-week mark, making it the seventeenth state to pass such a ban. The bill, passed includes exceptions [Huffington Post...

Officials in 11 states filed a lawsuit on Wednesday in the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas challenging the Obama administration's recent guidance letter on transgender students. The states—Texas, Alabama, Wisconsin,...

A spokesperson for the UN human rights office urged Gaza authorities to end the use of the death penalty on Wednesday. Rupert Colville, spokesperson for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, said the office is...

The Stockholm District Court upheld the arrest warrant for Julian Assange on Wednesday, finding he was not illegally detained in absentia. Assange has been held on allegations of rape dating back to...

Amnesty International (AI) on Tuesday urged EU officials to adhere to a 2013 suspension on arms transfers with Egypt in order to prevent human rights violations. According to AI, the suspension was put in place "after...

A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of Ohio on Tuesday ruled that the 2014 elimination of the state's early in-person (EIP) voting was unconstitutional and in violation of Section 2 of...

The Wisconsin Court of Appeals on Tuesday stayed a lower court's decision striking down Wisconsin's "right to work" law . Judge William Foust of the Dane County Circuit Court in April struck down the law that...

US President Barack Obama delivered a speech in Vietnam Tuesday pressing the government on human rights concerns in the nation. Stating that he was not intending to single any one nation out, Obama commended Vietnam on...

A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of Ohio on Monday temporarily blocked an Ohio law defunding Planned Parenthood. The judge ruled in a lawsuit filed by...