Legislation intended to legalize same-sex marriage in Australia was overwhelmingly voted down on Wednesday. The Marriage Amendment Bill 2012 , introduced to the House of Representatives by Labor MP Stephen Jones , was rejected by...
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The independent media rights group, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) , warned Ukrainian lawmakers on Wednesday against passing a bill that would criminalize libel. The bill, which passed on its first reading this week,...
Wisconsin Attorney General JB Van Hollen on Tuesday filed an appeal of a ruling that struck down a controversial law limiting the collective bargaining rights of public sector unions. The appeal comes just four...
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania on Tuesday vacated the decision of the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court upholding the state's new voter identification law and remanded for further consideration. The...
The UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples spoke Tuesday on the plight of women and girls in oft-neglected indigenous peoples' communities. In a dialogue with the leaders of several nations, James...
Judge Raymond Lohier of the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Monday ordered a stay of a permanent injunction that blocked portions of the National Defense Authorization Act...
The Truth for Reconciliation Commission of Thailand (TRCT) on Tuesday released a report detailing the unrest and deaths caused by the 2010 anti-government protests led by the "red shirt"...
Lawyers for Arizona Governor Jan Brewer and the US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday presented Judge Susan Bolton of the US District Court for the District of Arizona with a joint filing suggesting wording for a...
The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) on Monday announced that it has implemented measures to monitor detention centers at federal and regional levels to ensure human rights protection according to the country's constitution. The EHRC will dispatch...
The European Court of Human Rights ruled Tuesday that England and Wales' indeterminate sentences for protection of the public (IPP) without the means for inmates to prove their rehabilitation are arbitrary and unlawful. The...
