The UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) on Sunday released a statement strongly condemning Saturday’s military escalation in Benghazi. In its statement, the mission expressed that developments on the ground in Libya over the last year have “clearly shown that a military solution is not a viable option in Libya.” UNSMIL also said that the [...]

Demonstrators in Nepal gathered Monday to protest the country’s new constitution , which was promulgated on Sunday. The constitution was signed and announced by Nepal President Ram Baran Yadav, who was applauded by members of the Constituent Assembly of Nepal in Kathmandu. It was approved by the Constituent Assembly last week, following years of debate. [...]

The US Commission on Civil Rights (USCCR) has issued a report criticizing the Obama administration’s immigration detention facilities, stating that some “are not fully complying with detention standards regarding medical care, legal information and other basic standards of treatment.” The report , “The State of Civil Rights at Immigration Detention Facilities,” first outlines the role [...]

Asylum seekers and migrants have faced abuse at the hands of police in Macedonia, according to a 59-page report released by Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday. The report, “‘As Though We Are Not Human Beings’: Police Brutality against Migrants and Asylum Seekers in Macedonia,” details the physical and emotional abuse inflicted on migrants as [...]

The UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances on Friday urged countries to increase efforts to search for disappeared persons. Chairman of the group Ariel Dulitzky , in addressing the 47 members of the UN Human Rights Council , stated, “One person is probably being disappeared in one of your countries as we are [...]

The UN-backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon on Friday handed down its first judgment, finding journalist Karma Khayat in contempt of court for not removing a broadcast made in 2012. The STL, set up to prosecute those responsible for the assassination of prime minister Rafik Hariri , cleared Khayat of charges of identifying witnesses. Judge Nicola [...]

Apple asked the US Supreme Court on Wednesday for extra time to appeal a decision which found the company had engaged in illegal “marketplace vigilantism” when it entered the e-book market. The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled in June that Apple violated the Sherman Antitrust Act when it entered into deals [...]

The US House of Representatives on Friday approved the Defund Planned Parenthood Act of 2015 , a bill that would cut all federal funding to women’s healthcare provider Planned Parenthood . The vote followed over a month of intense scrutiny against Planned Parenthood over videos released by an anti-abortion group purportedly showing violations of federal [...]

Justice June Ross of the Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta on Friday ruled that former Guantanamo Bay inmate Omar Khadr could visit his family in Toronto for two weeks and do so without an electronic monitoring bracelet. Born in Toronto, Khadr was captured in Afghanistan in 2002 following a firefight with American soldiers. At [...]

A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Friday dismissed a civil lawsuit filed by former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko , who alleged that Ukrainian businessman Dmytro Firtash perpetuated a racketeering scheme in the US that led to her imprisonment in 2011. The court ruled that Tymoshenko [...]