A commission of the French Court of Cassation on Thursday ordered an investigation into the newly appointed Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) , Christine Lagarde, for her involvement in a $400...
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The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) announced on Wednesday that their affiliates are sending approximately 375 requests for information in 31 states to reveal how law enforcement uses location data tracking on cell phones . Smartphones...
The UN Security Council (UNSC) released a statement Wednesday condemning human rights violations and use of force against civilians in Syria. The statement, delivered by Ambassador Hardeep Singh Puri of India serving as...
Ten human rights groups said Thursday they would boycott a UK government inquiry into allegations that its secret services were complicit in torture of detainees in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks. The groups, including Human Rights Watch (HRW)...
The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit upheld a lower court's dismissal of a challenge to the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) ...
The Hamburg Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information said Tuesday that Facebook is in violation of European data protection laws through its feature that automatically...
South Korean regulators on Wednesday fined Apple USD $2,855 for collecting location information from its iPhone and iPad users. It is the first time Apple has been punished for collecting location information from users of...
UN Human Rights Special Rapporteur Dr. Ahmed Shaheed on Wednesday urged Iran to comply with his mandate seeking cooperation from Iranian officials. The mandate allows Iran to discuss and implement measures to meet its international human rights...
A Guatemalan court on Tuesday convicted and sentenced four former soldiers to 6,060 years in prison each on war crimes charges related to the country's 1982 Dos Erres massacre. Carlos Antonio Carias, Manuel Pop, Reyes Collin and Daniel Martinez...
The National Diet of Japan , the nation's bicameral legislature, voted on Wednesday to compensate those adversely affected by the recent Fukushima nuclear power plant meltdown. The law will create a fund...
