Ugandan MP David Bahati announced on Friday that clauses mandating the death penalty for "aggravated homosexuality" would be dropped from the controversial bill that would criminalize homosexuality. The bill was reintroduced to the Parliament of Uganda [official...

Amerigo Incalcaterra, the regional representative for South America from the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) , expressed concern Tuesday over the violence in prisons in South America...

James Connell, defense lawyer for suspected 9/11 conspirator Ali Abdul Aziz Ali, filed suit in the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Wednesday challenging an order for military officials to read all...

The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday voted 11-7 in favor of a bill that would allow televising of US Supreme Court proceedings. Currently, only few citizens can hear the...

The UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) on Thursday welcomed the new electoral law adopted by the National Transitional Council (NTC) . The draft of the electoral law...

Iraq has executed 65 people so far this year, Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Thursday. HRW said those executed were convicted of various crimes and counted a total of 51 in January...

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday denied Ohio's request to put a condemned killer to death, effectively putting the state's executions on hold. Without comment, the court refused to allow Ohio to execute...

US Attorney General Eric Holder, along with Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan and 49 state attorneys general announced Thursday that a $25 billion agreement was reached with the nation's...

The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) , a consumer privacy group, filed a lawsuit Wednesday in the US District Court for the District of Columbia asking that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)...

The implementation of the rule of law in Haiti is making significant progress , UN Independent Expert Michel Forst said Wednesday. Forst focused on improvements such as the establishment of judicial offices, the adoption of the International Covenant...