Microsoft sued the US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday regarding the privacy of their customers' emails. Microsoft filed the lawsuit in the US District Court for the Western District of Washington ...

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on Thursday asked a federal judge to issue an injunction pending the outcome of a lawsuit filed in February . The ACLU is attempting to block a...

The US Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied creditors seeking to keep in place court-ordered protections following Argentina's 2001 default of $100 billion in bonds. Investors who had paid full price for their...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein , on Thursday urged Iran to stop executions over drug offenses pending the debate of a law that would remove the mandatory death penalty as punishment...

Chinese human rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiangon announced Wednesday that his license to practice law was revoked by the judicial bureau. The bureau allegedly disbarred Pu from practicing law because of a December criminal conviction associated with...

A French court on Wednesday ruled to extradite Radomir Susnjar, who is suspected to have committed war crimes during Balkan conflict of the 1990s, to Sarajevo where he will face charges concerning his involvement. Susnjar, who was arrested in...

The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Nils Muižnieks on Wednesday called on Turkey to focus on human rights in the wake of their anti-terrorism security measures. The remarks were made at the end of...

An education reform group, Students for Education Reform Minnesota , initiated a lawsuit against the state Wednesday claiming state laws governing teacher tenure violates students' fundamental rights to an education. Minnesota law allows a teacher to obtain...

A 49-year old Liberian national and resident of East Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, Mohammed Jabbateh, was indicted in Philadelphia on Wednesday on two counts of immigration fraud and two counts of perjury for failing to disclose his crimes...

US Secretary of State John Kerry released the annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2015 on Wednesday, pointing to "a global governance crisis" in is prefatory statement. The secretary cited the "accelerating trend by both state and...