Former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif , his daughter and his son-in-law were indicted by an anti-corruption court on Thursday in connection to leaks that show his family had several offshore shell companies and his purchase of several...

The Kenyan High Court on Tuesday lifted a government-imposed ban on protestation after numerous protests against the Kenyan electoral commission. The recent protests were organized by National Super Alliance (NASA), the political...

The legal defense team for former South Korean presidentPark Guen-hye resigned en masse Monday to protest their client's corruption trial, citing beliefs that the court was biased against her. In her trial, which is already...

Palestinian political parties Hamas and Fatah on Thursday announded a reconciliation deal in which Hamas has agreed to hand over administrative control of Gaza to Fatah in Cairo. While the agreement has not yet...

The Council of Europe published a letter Wednesday in which Human Rights Commissioner Nils Muiznieks asked the government of Italy to explain why the Italian navy dispatched ships to the coast of Libya. In...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) alleged Tuesday that Rwanda's military routinely tortures unlawfully detained individuals through various different methods. The report alleges that Rwandan judges and prosecutors have been ignoring complaints from both current and former detainees...

The State of Washington filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration Monday over the decision to let employers deny insurance coverage for contraception on religious and moral grounds. Attorney General Bob Ferguson [official...

Judge Susan Bolton of the US District Court for the District of Arizona upheld President Trump's pardon of former Arizona Sherriff Joe Arpaio and dismissed the contempt case against Arpaio during a...

A bipartisan group of US senators introduced a bill on Wednesday that aims to reduce prison sentences for non-violent drug offenders. The bill, sponsored by 10 senators from both sides of the aisle, seeks to reduce rather than...

The Supreme Court heard arguments in Jennings v. Rodriguez , a case which will determine whether or not non-citizen aliens may be held indefinitely without a bond hearing on Tuesday. Specifically, the court will...