Australia's Commonwealth government, led by Prime Minister Tony Abbott, filed suit on Wednesday challenging the validity of the Marriage Equality Bill passed on Tuesday by the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly , legalizing same-sex marriage [JURIST news...

China defended its human rights record to the UN on Tuesday, insisting it was abiding by its obligations and cooperating with inquiries. Last week a group of independent UN rights experts issued a report expressing concern over...

The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled Tuesday that a warrant is required prior to the government's attachment of a global positioning system (GPS) device to a vehicle for...

A Russian appeals court on Wednesday upheld the embezzlement conviction of Alexei Navalny, President Vladimir Putin's chief political opponent, but suspended his five-year jail sentence, allowing him to walk free. Navalny was sentenced to five years for...

France's highest appeals court on Wednesday upheld the 2009 fraud conviction of the Church of Scientology . The Cour de Cassation , the country's court of final appeal for civil and criminal...

The European Parliament said Thursday that EU member states' complicity with the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) rendition program has led to violations of fundamental rights and must end immediately. Members of European Parliament...

The International Crimes Tribunal Bangladesh (ICTB) on Wednesday indicted Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leader Zahid Hossain Khokon in absentia on war crimes charges stemming from the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971. The...

The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio (ACLU) filed suit on Wednesday challenging the inclusion of three abortion-related amendments in the state budget passed in June. Filed on behalf of a Cleveland-based women's health clinic,...

The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus, Miklos Haraszti, urged the Belarusian government on Wednesday to immediately cease executions of its citizens until legislation related to capital punishment and the court system can be...

Amnesty International released a report on Wednesday accusing Turkish authorities of committing human rights violations during the government's attempt to quell protests in Gezi Park in Istanbul this summer. According to the advocacy group, the...