The Egyptian Supreme Council of the Armed Forces announced Monday that it would lift the state of emergency before parliamentary polls to be held in September. General Mamdouh Shaheen, speaking for the military council,...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday condemned a ban on strikes and inciting protests in Egypt as a violation of international law. Upon ratification by the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces [NYT...

The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed a complaint on Thursday to compel the release of documents related to the 2009 Honduras coup . The complaint names the US Department of Defense (DOD) and...

US Representative Justin Amash (R-MI) on Friday announced legislation requiring an immediate halt to military action in Libya until Congress authorizes its resumption. The Restoring Essential Constitutional Constraints for Libyan Action Involving the Military (RECLAIM)...

A Wisconsin legislative measure designed to curb the collective bargaining power of unions could become law as early as Saturday, despite an order enjoining Wisconsin Secretary of State Douglas La Follette from publishing the...

The dispute settlement body of the World Trade Organization (WTO) on Friday granted Canada's request to hear its dispute of the EU's ban on the import of seal products. Canada requested establishment of...

UN High Commissioner on Human Rights Navi Pilay on Saturday urged the Syrian government to heed to the demands of protesters instead of responding with violence. Pilay warned that continued repression of the Syrian people...

The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) will send an independent, international commission to investigate allegations of serious human rights abuses during post-election violence in the Ivory Coast , the UN Office of the High Commissioner...

Spanish National Court judge Baltasar Garzon on Thursday filed a petition with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) , challenging a case brought against him in Spain that alleges abuse...

The Colorado Senate on Thursday approved a bill that would grant same-sex couples the legal right to civil unions . The Colorado Civil Unions Act says that the legal...