The Nigerian army on Saturday set up a human rights office at its headquarters in the capital city of Abuja in order to continue training officers about respecting rights of citizens. This comes in light of the country's ongoing...
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A former member of the Black Panthers was released from prison on Friday after having spent a record 43 years in solitary confinement. Albert Woodfox had been detained in solitary confinement since 1972 after...
UK Prime Minister David Cameron announced Saturday that the UK will hold a referendum on June 23 to vote on whether the nation will remain a part of the European Union (EU) . EU and UK...
The Georgia State Senate passed an amended version of a religious freedom bill, HB 757 , which some critics believe may be used to discriminate against same-sex couples. The bill gives religious leaders the right to...
The US Supreme Court upheld on Friday, in a one-sentence order, a decision of the District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina forcing the state to redraw the 1st...
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday filed a motion to compel Apple to unlock the encrypted iPhone belonging to one of the San Bernardino shooters . The Federal Bureau of...
Kizza Besigye, the opposition candidate for president of Uganda, was arrested with several of his supporters on Friday. Besigye was arrested as the election commission released early results that showed incumbent President Yoweri Museveni leading the election with...
Amnesty International (AI) criticized the state of justice in Iraq on Thursday after a court in that country sentenced 40 men to death. The Baghdad court found the men guilty of being Sunni jihadists and allied...
The Supreme Court of India on Friday refused to intervene in the arrest of left-wing student leader, Kanhaiya Kumar, for sedition. Kumar's arrest triggered demonstrations in universities across the country against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and...
The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on Thursday upheld the contraceptive mandate of the Affordable Care Act but enjoined the Secretary of Health and Human Services from the enforcing the mandate until...
