A "people's tribunal" opened Tuesday in The Hague to investigate the murder of thousands of alleged communists by Indonesian authorities in 1965. Human rights lawyers have charged Indonesia with nine counts, including torture, sexual violence, and murder, for...

Belgium's Court of First Instance on Monday ordered Facebook to cease all tracking of users within the country who have not signed up for the social networking platform. The court has given Facebook 48 hours to stop tracking...

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie signed a bill into law Monday that would allow for the administering of edible medical marijuana to sick and disabled children on school grounds without triggering the arrests of parents or...

More than 400,000 Syrian refugee children living in Turkey are not receiving an education, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Sunday in a 62-page report . The report and accompanying press release note that, although the Turkish...

The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to rule in Davis v. United States , Monday, rejecting a case that questioned the necessity of search warrants being presented to wireless carriers when law enforcement requests...

Mexico's National Human Rights Commission on Sunday on Sunday criticized the Mexican Attorney General's Office and other government offices involved in the investigation of the "Missing 43" [The...

The UK Supreme Court on Monday began hearings in the case of Abdel Hakim Belhaj, who claims the British government assisted in his 2004 rendition by US forces. Belhaj and his wife were arrested in Bangkok in 2004...

Egyptian officials on Sunday arrested prominent human rights activist and journalist Hossam Bahgat after military officials questioned him concerning a report he wrote on the secret trial of former military officers . Bahgat, who writes for Mada...

The Parliament of Catalan on Monday approved a proposed resolution to begin separation from Spain. The measure passed with 72 votes in favor of the resolution and 63 against and established...

Citizens of Myanmar on Sunday voted in the country's first openly contested national election in 25 years. Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi's party, of the National League for Democracy (NLD), is expected to easily secure victory,...