Cameroon's parliament voted on Wednesday for the country's penal code to punish men and women for adultery under equal terms. Though adultery was already a criminal act for both genders, the penal code previously punished women for...
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The White House announced on Friday a series of programs aimed at ensuring that former prisoners have better resources to transition back into the community. The administration said that improving education and job opportunities can reduce...
The government of Kuwait filed a lawsuit in Swiss court on Thursday against the International Olympic Committee (IOC) seeking $1 billion in damages for its suspension of the Kuwaiti Olympic Committee (KOC). The IOC has...
Department of Defense (DOD) officials said on Friday that the Pentagon will announce the repeal of its ban on openly transgender service members on July 1. Each branch of the US Armed Forces will be adopting policies...
Russia's lower house of Parliament, the State Duma, passed a number of counter-terrorism amendments on Friday. Dubbed the "Yarovaya Law" after their key drafter, the anti-terror laws ban proselytizing, preaching and praying outside...
The American Civil Liberties of Northern California filed a lawsuit Friday against the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for allowing religious agencies taking in refugees to refuse female immigrant minors access...
The UN human rights experts on cultural rights and on freedom of expression, Karima Bennoune and David Kaye , called Friday for the release of artists jailed by the Islamic Republic of Iran. In particular, they...
A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of Ohio , ruled Thursday that Cleveland's time and place restrictions governing protests and marches during next month's Republic National Convention infringe upon...
Former UN General Assembly president John Ashe, who was under corruption investigation by US authorities, died on Thursday after suffering neck trauma. Ashe's death , "traumatic asphyxia," was the result of a weightlifting accident in which...
Pursuant an order issued Thursday by a judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia , a Virginia school board must allow a transgender student to use the restroom that corresponds with...
