The UK Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that an unmarried woman is entitled to the pension of her long-term partner. Denise Brewster and William Leonard "Lenny" McMullan became engaged on Christmas Eve 2009, but two days later...
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Fifty American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) affiliates filed 18 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests on Thursday with US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to find out how administration officials are interpreting...
UN Special Rapporteur Michael Lynk recommended on Friday that the UN Security Council and the General Assembly act to ensure Israel complies with Security Council resolution 2234 , which confirms that Israeli settlements in already...
Myanmar police announced on Wednesday that they have arrested four people in connection with the killing of prominent Muslim human rights lawyer, U Ko Ni. The lawyer was shot in the head at Yangon International Airport...
A group of UN human rights experts on Wednesday said the executive order on immigration signed by US President Donald Trump breaches international human rights obligations . The order , signed last Friday, bars all nationals from...
The Supreme Court of India on Friday rejected a public interest litigation seeking an all-India ban on cow slaughter. The order sought a total ban on the slaughter of all cattle including calves or a writ of mandamus...
France published a decree on Thursday which, as of Friday, prohibits businesses from offering unlimited soft drinks. The decree, approved in 2015 by the French Parliament in an effort to reduce the...
A journalist and a graduate student at MIT filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against eight federal agencies for records on attorney general nominee Jeff Sessions . Jason Leopold and Ryan Shapiro allege the agencies improperly refused to...
UN Special Rapporteur Michel Forst delivered a preliminary report on Tuesday recommending to authorities in Mexico on how to improve the protection of human rights defenders. According to Forst, the growing impunity in Mexico "has...
Croatian police are forcing those seeking asylum in Croatia back to Serbia in violation of EU policy, Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported on Friday. According to those interviewed by HRW, after being detained by...
