A lawyer for human rights activist Sayed Yousif Al-Muhafda said Sunday that his detention has been extended by the Bahrain government. Al-Muhafda, the acting vice president of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) , was...

A Turkish court on Tuesday opened a trial in absentia for former Israeli military commanders accused of killing nine Turkish citizens aboard a ship attempting to pass through the Gaza blockade in 2010. The Turkish judge began the proceedings...

A UN independent expert on Monday urged countries to combat hate speech on the Internet , while simultaneously protecting freedom of speech. Special Rapporteur on Racism, Mutuma Ruteere told the General Assembly that an increase of hate websites inciting...

A federal judge in Wisconsin on Monday dismissed a lawsuit by Apple alleging that Google Inc. subsidiary Motorola Mobility has unfair patent licensing practices. The decision was issued just hours before the trial was scheduled to...

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) on Tuesday struck down a Hungarian law that lowered the mandatory retirement age for judges. Hungary's Law No LXVII of 1997 on the legal status...

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit heard oral arguments Monday in Isaacson v. Horne to consider a new Arizona abortion regulation that would ban...

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases Monday. In Comcast v. Behrend the court heard arguments on how much judicial discretion is allowed when certifying a class...

The military hearing for a US Army sergeant accused of murdering 16 Afghan civilians in March began on Monday and is expected to last the remainder of the week. Sgt. Robert Bales was originally charged with 17 counts of...

Amnesty International (AI) and several other international human rights groups on Monday urged South Sudan to join the majority of UN members that have abolished the death penalty . In particular, the groups...

Pakistani Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani released a statement though the Pakistan Inter-Services Public Relations on Monday that any effort to undermine the military by creating a wedge between it and the...