The US Supreme Court on Friday temporarily blocked a Louisiana abortion law that would require abortion doctors to have admitting privileges in a nearby hospital and significant surgical upgrades to abortion centers. In a one-sentence order, the...

The Alabama Supreme Court dismissed petitions Friday that sought a ruling declaring the state's prohibition on same-sex marriage valid despite the US Supreme Court's June ruling declaring same-sex marriage legal. The petitions had been filed by the Alabama Citizens...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein warned US authorities on Friday of the potentially widespread ramifications of forcing Apple to unlock the San Bernardino gunman's iPhone. Zeid urged authorities to understand that a ruling...

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon released a report on Friday recommending increased measures to be taken for all countries involved in the rise of allegations against UN peacekeepers of sexual abuse and exploitation. The report documents a...

A group of UN human rights experts on Thursday called on the US to increase its efforts to address the issue of lead-contaminated water in Flint, Michigan. The UN experts acknowledged the gravity of the situation in...

Russian and Syrian armed forces are deliberately attacking hospitals and other medical facilities as part of a military strategy to clear the way to northern Aleppo, Amnesty International (AI) claimed in a report Thursday. AI says the...

Brazil's Supreme Court unanimously agreed on Thursday that corruption charges against a member of Congress can move forward, possibly impacting impeachment efforts toward President Dilma Rousseff . Prosecutors believe that the leader of the lower house of...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday urged Thailand to stop harassing and charging human right lawyers for defending victims of the government's abuses. HRW Asia director Brad Adams accused the government of acting as a...

Kazakhstan authorities are failing to properly investigate reports of torture, Amnesty International (AI) reported on Thursday. According to the group, there have been hundreds of reported instances of human rights violations in Kazakhstan with very few...

Louisiana officials filed a response Wednesday in the US Supreme Court defending a law regulating abortion just days after the court heard oral arguments in another major abortion case from Texas. Clinics on the...