South Korea's Constitutional Court ruled on Thursday that the nation's 59-year-old ban on abortions is constitutional. The eight-judge panel was deadlocked 4-4 in deciding whether to uphold the abortion ban, but six votes...

The American Civil Liberties Union of Eastern Missouri (ACLU) filed a lawsuit in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri on Wednesday challenging the constitutionality of a Missouri law that...

A Bahraini appeals court on Thursday overturned a conviction of prominent human rights activist Nabeel Rajab . Bahrain's government attributed the ruling to "uncertainty regarding the evidence submitted to support the lawsuit." Rajab, president of...

The South Korean Constitutional Court on Thursday nullified a 2007 regulation that required South Koreans to use their real names in Internet forums. Under the terms of the regulation online discussion participants had to pass a verification...

A panel of UN human rights experts on Tuesday urged Chile to make sure that people who have been convicted of enforced disappearances serve their sentences . The UN Working Group on Enforced...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged the government of Thailand on Thursday to order its army chief to stop obstructing investigations into political violence in 2010 arising from anti-government protests . Last week the...

A gay rights group urged the US Supreme Court on Tuesday to review a provision of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) that denies benefits to married same-sex couples. The...

German prosecutors announced Wednesday that they are contemplating charges against an 87-year-old man suspected of having been a Nazi prison guard. The German special prosecutors' office that pursues Nazi-era crimes is recommending that charges be filed against...

An Iraqi man pleaded guilty in the US District Court for the Western District of Kentucky Tuesday on charges of conspiring to aid terrorists. Mohaned Shareef Hammadi pleaded guilty to 10 charges ...

The World Trade Organization (WTO) admitted the Russian Federation as its 156th member on Wednesday, bringing to a close accession negotiations that began in June 1993. The lower house of the Russian parliament ratified [JURIST...