A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Wednesday denied Saudi Arabia's motion to dismiss a lawsuit for involvement in the September 11, 2001, terror attacks. Victims and families...

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday issued a memorandum announcing his decision not to extend the Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) protection for Liberians that had been in place since the 1990s. In the memo, Trump justified this action...

A Brazilian appeals court unanimously upheld the corruption conviction of former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Monday. The ruling brings da Silva one step closer to being barred from running for Presidency and serving his sentence in prison....

The Neumünster District Court (Amtsgericht Neumünster) ruled Monday to detain exiled Catalan president, Carles Puigdemont , pending a decision by the Higher Regional Court. Puigdemont had declared Catalonia's independence from Spain...

The Malaysian Parliament proposed a bill Monday meant to combat "fake news," drawing sharp criticism from rights groups such as Amnesty International . The Anti-Fake News Act 2018 defines fake news as "any news, information,...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday released a report alleging that former Ecuadorian president Rafael Correa abused the criminal justice system to target indigenous leaders and environmentalists who protested mining and oil exploration in the Amazon....

Government watchdog group Common Cause filed a pair of legal complaints on Monday accusing Cambridge Analytica LTD and its affiliates of violating federal election laws that prohibit foreigners from participating in the decision-making process of US...

Amnesty International (AI) said Monday that the Australian government must discard two new proposed bills that they claim have the ability to infringe on civil work and whistleblower rights and limit scrutiny of the government. AI...

Spanish Supreme Court judge Pablo Llarena charged 13 Catalan leaders for rebellion on Friday. The leaders include Jordi Sànchez, the former president of the Catalan National Assembly, as well as other former...

Here's the international legal news we covered this week: The UK Court of Appeal ruled this week that software is not a good, overruling the lower court opinion. UN human rights experts expressed concern [press...