The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled unanimously Friday that a Baltimore law that requires pro-life pregnancy clinics to post signage in their waiting rooms stating that they do not offer or...
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A group of UN human rights experts denounced on Thursday the grant of pardon to former Peru President Alberto Fujimori, calling it a "'slap in the face' to victims of human rights abuses." According to the experts The...
The US and Germany embassies released a statement on Wednesday urging China to release human rights activist Wu Gan, known as the "Super Vulgar Butcher," who was sentenced to imprisonment for eight years for undermining governmental authority. According to...
Former Peru President Alberto Fujimori was pardoned by President Pedro Pablo Kuzynski on Sunday after serving almost half of a 25-year prison sentence for human rights abuses and corruption committed during his authoritarian regime in the 1990s. Fijumori,...
The cities of New York, San Francisco, and Philadelphia filed a lawsuit on Friday against the US Department of Defense (DOD) for its failure to report criminal conviction records in the military justice system needed for...
The UN Human Rights Council on Tuesday approved a resolution condemning systematic human rights violations against the Rohingya minority and the acts of violence committed by Myanmar security forces, calling instead for a peaceful resolution. Thirty-three...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein said on Tuesday that Mexico's proposed security legislation will not assist its armed forces in combating the war on drugs. The Law on Internal Security [text, PDF,...
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) government recruited former M23 rebel fighters to protect President Joseph Kabila after protests broke out last December over his refusal to step down at the end of his constitutionally mandated...
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday petitioned the US Supreme Court to block an order from Judge William Alsup of the US District Court for the Northern District of California...
The Australian Senate on Wednesday passed a same-sex marriage bill, by a 43 to 12 vote. The Marriage Amendment amends the Marriage Act 1961 by redefining marriage by introducing non-gendered language permitting same-sex marriages. The decision...
