A Dhaka court on Sunday sentenced 10 individuals to death for plotting to bomb a rally held by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in 2000. According to prosecutors, members of the Harkatul Jihad-al-Islami group planted two bombs...

Chile's Constitutional Court on Monday approved legislation that would legalize abortion in certain circumstances. The bill, approved by the Chilean Congress earlier this month, would allow abortions in instances of...

Myanmar's parliament amended the 2013 Telecommunications Law on Friday amidst growing concerns regarding the freedom of expression. The new law permits judges to release people on bail, allows only those directly affected, or with permission from...

Three democracy activists were jailed on Thursday for participating in the 2014 pro-democracy Umbrella Movement, which lead to thousands of Hong Kong citizens protesting on Sunday in opposition of their imprisonment. Joshua Wong, Nathan Law, and Alex Chow were convicted...

A former inmate of the White County Jail, Christel Ward, filed suit in the US District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee , Northeastern Division on Thursday claiming that her constitutional rights had been violated when...

The El Salvador Legislative Assembly unanimously voted on Thursday to eliminate a law that allowed men to marry minors that they had impregnated. The legal age to marry in El Salvador was 18 even before...

Here's the international legal news we covered this week: Venezuela's new chief prosecutor announced plans on Thursday to pursue and imprison those responsible for leading violent protests that have plagued the country since April. The International Criminal Court (ICC)...

Here's the domestic legal news we covered this week: A married same-sex couple filed a lawsuit against a former employer on Thursday in the US District Court for the Central District of California that alleges the...

Venezuela's new chief prosecutor announced plans on Thursday to pursue and imprison those responsible for leading violent protests that have plagued the country since April. The statement came the day before a proposed measure targeting hate crimes was expected to...

A married same-sex couple filed a lawsuit against a former employer on Thursday in the US District Court for the Central District of California that alleges the company discriminated by refusing to provide spousal health insurance....