The Centre for Popular Education and Human Rights Ghana (CEPEHRG) warned Friday that the nation is on the verge of an "anti-gay hate campaign," following reports of government-endorsed anti-gay sentiments. A spokesperson for the CEPEHRG said that...
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The UN Organization Stabilization Mission in DR Congo (MONUSCO) in conjunction with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) released a report on Friday accusing soldiers in the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic...
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Friday overturned the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) "proxy access" rule. The rule allowed certain shareholders to have their board nominees...
Following Mexican Attorney General Arturo Chavez's resignation in April, the Attorney General's Office (PGR) charged 111 officials who served under him with corruption on Thursday. Sixty-seven were charged ...
A North Dakota judge on Thursday issued a temporary injunction against a state law that effectively bans non-surgical abortions . The Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR) filed a complaint ...
A proposed Saudi Arabian counterterrorism law would allow authorities to prosecute anti-government protestors, Amnesty International (AI) announced Friday. AI revealed that the Draft Penal Law for Terrorism Crimes and Financing of Terrorism...
Goran Hadzic was extradited to The Hague on Friday, where he now awaits trial for war crimes . Hadzic was the last fugitive of the original 161 sought for war crimes by the International...
Ohio voters will decide whether to repeal a law limiting the collective bargaining rights of state workers after opponents of the bill gathered 915,456 signatures Thursday, almost 700,000 more than the required 231,147...
Statistics Canada reported Thursday that Canadian crime rates have hit their lowest levels since 1973. Crime fell 5 percent in 2010 to just over two million crimes committed. Experts cite Canada's aging population...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday urged the government of Malaysia to release six leaders of the opposition Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) who are being held for organizing a rally...
