The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Thursday announced that, in response to the unique prejudice and violence lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) refugees face, it has implemented a new effort to...

Russian air strikes in Syria have killed hundreds of civilians and destroyed numerous structures in residential areas that may amount to violations of international humanitarian law, according to a new briefing published by Amnesty International (AI) ...

The US District Court for the District of Columbia denied on Wednesday a motion to dismiss the criminal charges against Ahmed Salim Faraj Abu Khatallah arising from the 2012 attack on the US consulate in...

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal circuit ruled Tuesday that the government cannot refuse to register trademarks that might be considered disparaging or offensive. The ruling sided with the Asian-American rock band The Slants,...

Prominent Chinese human rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang has been released after receiving a suspended sentence on Tuesday. Zhiqiang was indicted in May on charges of fanning ethnic hatred and provoking trouble for comments that he posted online. He...

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Tuesday signed a decree fully legalizing medical marijuana in the country. Santos said the new regulations, which make it legal to grow, process, import and export marijuana for medical and...

Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin on Tuesday signed an executive order to no longer require county clerks' names to appear on marriage licenses. The follows the refusal by county clerk Kim Davis to issue...

A judge for the US District Court for the Central District of California ruled Tuesday that sexual orientation discrimination is prohibited under a law that protects gender-based discrimination. The order pertains to the motion to dismiss...

The Court of Appeals of Quebec on Tuesday overturned a lower court injunction and ruled that Quebec's physician-assisted death law is not in conflict with any elements of the Quebec Criminal Code ....

Burkina Faso's military court issued an international arrest warrant on Monday for former president Blaise Compaore for the assassination of revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara. Sankara was killed along with 12 of his supporters during a 1987...