A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit by a former Guantanamo Bay detainee alleging that he was subjected to torture....
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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Wednesday said that the Bahrain government should release prisoners detained during peaceful protests and focus on rebuilding national trust in the government. Pillay's statement follows a...
The French National Assembly approved a draft law Thursday that would outlaw genocide denial, including the World War I-era killings of more than one million Armenians by Turkish soldiers. The measure would ban genocide denial...
Puerto Rican lawmakers on Wednesday approved legislation to hold a referendum on the island's status with the US. The House of Representatives passed the measure by a vote of 31-13 , and...
The Supreme Court of Canada on Thursday rejected a proposal to establish a single national securities regulatory body to replace the current system managed by individual provinces and territories. Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty...
Ethiopia's anti-terrorism law is "fundamentally flawed and being used to repress legitimate reporting," Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Wednesday. HRW made the statement after two Swedish journalists were convicted Wednesday of supporting terrorism...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday criticized the Kyrgyz Supreme Court for upholding a guilty verdict in a trial it claims was marred by allegations of torture, violence and threats. In its ruling on December...
The New York Times (NYT) filed a lawsuit against the US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Tuesday alleging the government violated the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) in refusing to release legal memoranda...
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Wednesday that Bank of America (BOA) has agreed to pay a record $335 million to settle claims that its subsidiary, Countrywide Financial, discriminated against Hispanic and...
The US House of Representatives on Tuesday passed the Belarus Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2011 , imposing new sanctions on Belarus in reaction to what the bill's author calls "the worst...
