In her first visit to Nigeria, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay , on Friday praised the country for the significant development in protecting human rights, while urging further protection...
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UN rights chief urges Nigeria to further human rights protections
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France court delivers first-ever Rwanda genocide conviction
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Federal judge strikes down Arkansas abortion law
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Federal judge orders Tennessee to recognize same-sex marriages pending lawsuit
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Syria passes law barring opposition from running in presidential election
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Pakistan court issues arrest warrant for Musharraf
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ACLU files lawsuit challenging Florida’s refusal to recognize same-sex marriages
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EU Parliament demands immediate withdrawal of all Russia troops from Crimea
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UN rights expert urges refusal of goods from countries engaging in torture
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Supreme Court justice denies request to block California ammunition ordinance
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A Paris court on Friday convicted former Rwandan intelligence chief Pascal Simbikangwa of genocide and crimes against humanity for his participation in the 1994 Rwandan genocide . After a six-week trial , in which Simbikangwa maintained his...
A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas ruled on Friday that a state law banning most abortions after 12 weeks into a woman's pregnancy is unconstitutional....
A judge for the US District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee ruled Friday that Tennessee must recognize the out-of-state marriages of three same-sex couples while they pursue a lawsuit attempting to overturn the...
The Syrian parliament on Thursday passed a law that bans any candidate from the presidential elections if he or she has not lived in Syria for the past ten years or holds any other nationality. The residency requirement of...
A Pakistani court on Friday issued an arrest warrant for former president Pervez Musharraf in the event that he fails to attend the next court hearing on March 31. The court also directed the...
The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida (ACLU) filed a lawsuit Wednesday on behalf of eight same-sex couples against Florida challenging the state's refusal to recognize same-sex marriages performed legally in other states....
The European Parliament passed a resolution on Thursday condemning Russia's actions in Crimea and calling for the immediate withdraw of all Russian military forces from Ukrainian territory. The resolution states that Russia...
The UN Special Rapporteur on torture Juan Mendez on Wednesday urged governmental bodies to refuse goods and information obtained by "acts of torture and ill-treatment" in other countries. Mendez noted the hypocrisy of governments that...
US Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy on Wednesday rejected without comment an emergency application to block enforcement of an ordinance that effectively prohibits the possession of large-capacity ammunition magazines by civilians in a California city....
