Egypt's Supreme Constitutional Court on Sunday postponed ruling whether the legislative constitutional assembly that just last week drafted a new charter was legitimate. The judges claimed a crowd of Islamists outside the courthouse of had intimidated the...
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Somalia's new prime minister, Abdi Farah Shirdon Saaid, said Sunday that the Somali authorities would become more involved in protecting rape victims following intense criticism after the arrests of a woman allegedly gang-raped by soldiers and the journalist...
The Iranian Parliament on Sunday voted 192-56 to impeach the country's labor minister, Abdolreza Sheikholeslami, because he appointed an official who was implicated in the deaths of anti-government prisoners in 2010. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad [JURIST...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Sunday urged Afghanistan to make meaningful reforms to end the use of torture in government detention centers. HRW called attention to a UN report released last month...
France's National Assembly voted on Saturday to approve an article that would redefine marriage as between two people, rather than one man and one woman. The article is part of a larger bill...
UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide Adama Dieng on Friday warned of an increased risk of reprisal attacks against ethnic Tuareg and Arab civilian populations in the northern regions of Mali. When...
A court in Giza, Egypt, on Saturday sentenced former interior minister Habib el-Adly to three years in prison for abusing his position by forcing public officials to work on his home and property, which the court...
The top court in Ontario on Friday upheld Canada's general ban on marijuana, reversing a lower court decision which held that the nation's marijuana laws were unconstitutional . The Court of Appeal for Ontario held...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) released its annual World Report on Thursday, emphasizing the need for emerging governments in the Middle East and North Africa to develop strong human rights commitments in the wake of...
The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) said Thursday that Greece must improve detention conditions for migrants and effectively implement recent legislative developments to enhance screening procedures for asylum-seekers. The WGAD, appointed by...
