A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Tuesday struck down two recently-enacted parts of the Illinois Election Code designed to cap campaign contributions. Judge Marvin Aspen issued an injunction [order,...

The Supreme Court of Argentina ruled on Tuesday that rape victims cannot be prosecuted for seeking abortions. The Supreme Court unanimously affirmed the lower court's ruling which allowed a 15-year-old...

Syrian authorities have systematically tortured citizens held in detention, Amnesty International (AI) reported Tuesday. The report, entitled, "'I wanted to die' Syria's torture survivors speak out," catalogs testimony from Syrian civilians who have allegedly survived...

Brazilian prosecutors on Tuesday announced plans to charge a retired colonel for his actions during a military dictatorship that ended more than 25 years ago. The colonel, Sebastiao Curio Rodrigues...

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon on Wednesday urged Libyan officials to investigate the allegations of human rights abuse in the country during the uprising against Muammar Gaddafi . The Secretary-General's call for the National...

The International Criminal Court (ICC) Wednesday issued its first verdict, a unanimous decision that Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) militia leader Thomas Lubanga Dyilo is guilty of the war crimes of...

The Mexican Senate unanimously passed legislation Tuesday that would amend Article 73 of the Constitution to make attacks against journalists a federal crime. The action comes following the deaths or disappearances of almost 50 journalists...

China's National People's Congress (NPC) on Wednesday passed a law allowing police to detain certain suspects for up to six months in secret detention facilities commonly known as "black jails." The new law is...

Obama administration official Melanie Ann Pustay on Tuesday testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee to urge congressional officials to amend the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to strengthen government's ability to prevent...

A Philippines court on Tuesday issued an arrest order for the husband of former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo , Jose Miguel Arroyo, on bribery charges. He was accused of accepting bribes to support the $329-million national...