Israeli lawmakers on Monday passed a controversial law increasing regulation on Israeli human rights organizations. The law requires that organizations receiving more than 50 percent of their funding from foreign governments or political organizations disclose that they...
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North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory on Monday signed into law House Bill 972 , which states that police camera footage, including body camera footage, is not a matter of public record and proscribes the procedure for release...
The Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague ruled in favor of the Philippines Tuesday in a dispute with China over most of the South China Sea. The Philippines brought a case...
The Turkish government is blocking access for independent investigations, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report released Monday. HRW claims that the Turkish government is abusing civilians on a massive scale and attempting to cover it...
A group of Israeli and American citizens filed a lawsuit in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Monday seeking $1 billion in damages from Facebook for allegedly facilitating...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday urged Saudi Arabia and other coalition members to create an independent international inquiry into their attacks on civilian economic structures in Yemen. HRW cited its report , "Bombing Businesses: Saudi Coalition Airstrikes...
Chaloka Beyani , UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons (IDPs), condemned recent attacks on IDPs and civilians in South Sudan Monday. Renewed violence in the capital city of Juba has resulted in...
The Ivory Coast government should make greater efforts to prevent and punish rape, according to a report released Monday by the UN Operation in the Ivory Coast (UNOCI) and the Office of the High...
The US Department of Defense (DOD) on Monday announced the transfer of two Guantanamo detainees to Serbia. Yemeni detainee Mansur Ahmad Saad al-Dayfi and Tajik detainee Muhammadi Davlatov were transferred to Serbia after extensive review. The...
The UK government on Friday rejected a petition calling for a second referendum vote to prevent the UK from leaving the European Union (EU) . The petition achieved 4.1 million signatures, surpassing the 100,000 signature...
