A draft bill proposed by the Maltese government that aims to regulate online news could inhibit freedom of speech, argued protesters Sunday. At the protest, which was organized by the opposition party, opposition...
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The New Zealand High Court ruled on Monday that Kim Dotcom , the founder of content-sharing site Megaupload.com, is eligible for extradition to the US on fraud offenses. Dotcom and his alleged co-conspirators are facing numerous...
Egypt's Court of Cassation , the nation's highest court, on Monday upheld the death penalty for 10 men involved in the Port Said Stadium Riot in which more than 70 individuals were killed after...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Monday that Moroccan authorities have been on a two-year campaign to obstruct Moroccan Association for Human Rights (AMDH) , the country's largest independent human rights organization. According to HRW,...
Amnesty International (AI) on Sundayurged the Israeli Supreme Court to repeal a 2003 law that bans many Palestinians from entering the country, including those who are seeking reunification with their families. The Citizenship...
The trial of 47 suspects accused of attempting to assassinate Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on July 15 during a failed military coup began Monday. The trial will be held in Mugla, in the southwestern corner...
The newly-inaugurated President of The Gambia promised Saturday to end human rights violations in his country and ordered the release of 171 inmates who had been detained without a trial. President Adama Barrow's inauguruation...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Saturday issued a call to Philippine authorities to drop political charges against Senator Leila de Lima, who has spoken against President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs. The charges brought against...
US Republican senators announced on Sunday that they are planning to introduce a bill further sanctioning Iran for testing ballistic missiles and attempting to "destabilize" the Middle East. Tehran recently increased international tensions after testing ballistic missiles...
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced on Sunday that Iraqi forces, backed by the US, have begun their offensive push into the western sector of the city of Mosul, currently occupied by the Islamic State (IS). IS forces have...
