A Spanish court on Wednesday convicted six men of piracy and sentenced one of them to 12-and-a-half years and the other to five to eight years in prison. The men, Mohamed Abdullah Hassan, Mohamed Aden Mohamed, Issa Abdullah Issa,...
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Human Rights Watch (HRW) condemned a draft Egyptian protest law on Wednesday, saying it falls short of the obligation to respect freedom of assembly. HRW expressed concern over the scope of the law's application, vague...
The UK Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that Aintree University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was justified in its decision that withholding certain invasive treatments would be in the best interests of...
Civil rights groups on Wednesday publicly condemned Malaysia's "empty promises" to strengthen civil and political rights in the country. Amnesty International (AI) and Suara Rakyat Malaysia (SUARAM) claimed that authorities "failed to adequately respond to...
The Arizona chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit Monday on behalf of the Welton family seeking a declaration that the marijuana derivative used to treat five-year-old Zander Welton's epilepsy is...
The UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief , Heiner Bielefeldt, said Tuesday that "harmful practices inflicted on women or girls can never be justified in the name of freedom of religion or belief."...
The state of Alabama agreed Tuesday to permanently block several provisions of its immigration law , according to the Hispanic Interest Coalition of Alabama (HICA) . The key provisions that were permanently...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay asserted on Wednesday that the Supreme Court of the Maldives has meddled excessively in the nation's presidential elections. Earlier this month the Supreme...
Egyptian police on Wednesday arrested a senior leader of the Muslim Brotherhood , according to a source from Egypt's Interior Ministry. Essam el-Erian had been on the run since the...
The Oklahoma Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that a 2011 state law restricting the use of chemical-abortions is unconstitutional, reaffirming the court's 2012 decision . The law imposes broad and stringent...
