Saudi Arabia is persecuting rights activists and silencing government critics, according to a report issued Friday by Amnesty International (AI) . According to AI, members of the Saudi Civil and Political Rights Association (ACPRA)...
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An independent UN human rights expert on Thursday urged South Korea to adopt an anti-discrimination law . UN Special Rapporteur on racism Mutuma Ruteere said an anti-discrimination law is particularly important because of increasing globalization, with many foreign...
The US Supreme Court on Thursday temporarily blocked Wisconsin from enforcing its voter ID law . The order vacates a September 12 ruling by the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit,...
A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of Texas on Thursday ruled that a Texas voter ID law violates the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments of the US...
The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on Thursday overturned the US District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin's decision that upheld a state statute prohibiting night hunting...
The Supreme Court of Canada ruled Friday that citizens cannot sue foreign governments for torture. Under the State Immunity Act , a foreign state is immune from the jurisdiction of any court in Canada, unless that...
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Thursday revived a whistleblower's lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase & Co. . In a unanimous decision, the court vacated and remanded a lower court's grant...
The Netherlands Ministry of Defense has announced plans to appeal a July ruling finding Netherlands liable for the deaths of 300 of the men and boys killed in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre ....
Speaking at the Geneva presentation of a report by the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Moving Away from the Death Penalty , UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Ivan...
Lawmakers in South Sudan on Wednesday passed a controversial bill that gives security forces the right to arrest suspected criminals without a warrant. The bill was passed into law in its fourth reading after a three-hour debate....
