A same-sex couple on Thursday filed a federal lawsuit in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania to receive recognition by the state of their marriage license, which was issued by the state of...
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A coalition of rebel groups that has taken control in the Central African Republic has been deliberately killing a large number of unarmed civilians as well as destroying their homes and villages, Human Rights Watch (HRW) stated...
The US Department of Labor (DOL) on Wednesday issued guidance explaining that all legally married same-sex spouses in the US can now participate in employee benefit plans overseen by the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) [official...
The Supreme Court of Bangladesh on Tuesday sentenced Abdul Quader Mollah, assistant secretary general of the Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) , to death. This overturned a February ruling by the International Crimes Tribunal Bangladesh...
The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) commission responsible for investigating potential human rights violations in North Korea on Tuesday reported widespread human rights abuses occurring in the country. The Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights...
The Syrian government and pro-government forces were responsible for executing at least 248 people in the coastal towns of al-Bayda and Baniyas in early May of this year, Human Rights Watch (HRW) stated in a report ...
The California State Assembly on Thursday approved a bill that will allow some undocumented immigrants who came to the US as children to obtain driver's licenses. The bill, which the California Senate ...
Kenya Deputy President William Ruto on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to charges of crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court (ICC) . Ruto is on trial for three counts of...
A leading Sudan opposition figure jailed in 2004 for an alleged coup attempt was released from prison on Sunday. Yousef Mohammed Saleh Lebis is a member of Sudan's Popular Congress Party (PCP), which is led by Hassan al-Turabi [BBC...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported on Thursday that the refusal by the government of Cambodia to pay staff at the Khmer Rouge tribunal, the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) , is...
