Five Ethiopian bloggers on Friday were acquitted of terrorism charges relating to publications on their website . The publications, critical of the government, landed nine bloggers in jail, and one charged in absentia, in April 2014, for...

The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled Friday that Google's efforts to digitize millions of books for an online library is permissible fair use. Google has scanned more than 20...

Amnesty International (AI) on Friday called for a halt to the "escalating campaign" against human rights activists taking place in Venezuela. According to human rights groups, the government has employed tactics intended to discredit...

Maine's revised concealed carry law went into effect Thursday and allows legal gun owners to carry concealed weapons without a permit. The law was passed by the Maine State Legislature and approved by Governor...

The Supreme Court of India ruled Thursday that a new law intended to change the structure of judicial appointments is unconstitutional. Traditionally the Indian judiciary was appointed by a 20-year-old collegium of five senior judges,...

The Superior Court of Maricopa County on Thursday struck down a 2012 Arizona law that mandated abortion pills be regulated according to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as violating the state constitution. The law...

The UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association on Thursday cautioned Kazakhstan that its new bill amending the law on non-profit organizations may be detrimental to the existence of such groups...

The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled Thursday that Switzerland was wrong to prosecute former Turkish politician Doğu Perinçek for denying that the mass killings of Armenians under...

Death row inmates in Indonesia have been denied the right to counsel, beaten and coerced into confessions, according to an Amnesty International (AI) report published Thursday. The country has executed 14 prisoners since President Joko...

Chilean President Michelle Bachelet announced on Wednesday the government has begun the process of drafting a new constitution. According to Bachelet the new constitution is necessary because the current version was...