The Malaysian Parliament proposed a bill Monday meant to combat "fake news," drawing sharp criticism from rights groups such as Amnesty International . The Anti-Fake News Act 2018 defines fake news as "any news, information,...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday released a report alleging that former Ecuadorian president Rafael Correa abused the criminal justice system to target indigenous leaders and environmentalists who protested mining and oil exploration in the Amazon....
Government watchdog group Common Cause filed a pair of legal complaints on Monday accusing Cambridge Analytica LTD and its affiliates of violating federal election laws that prohibit foreigners from participating in the decision-making process of US...
Amnesty International (AI) said Monday that the Australian government must discard two new proposed bills that they claim have the ability to infringe on civil work and whistleblower rights and limit scrutiny of the government. AI...
Spanish Supreme Court judge Pablo Llarena charged 13 Catalan leaders for rebellion on Friday. The leaders include Jordi Sànchez, the former president of the Catalan National Assembly, as well as other former...
Here's the international legal news we covered this week: The UK Court of Appeal ruled this week that software is not a good, overruling the lower court opinion. UN human rights experts expressed concern [press...
The UK Court of Appeal ruled this week that software is not a good, overruling the lower court opinion. The issue on appeal was whether the sale of a license to use software counts as a...
UN human rights experts expressed concern Friday over the diminishing health of Jiang Tianyong, a prominent human rights lawyer jailed in China for inciting subversion of state power. Jaing's health has dramatically deteriorated in recent months, and the...
US President Donald Trump signed a presidential memorandum on Thursday calling for the US Trade Representative to develop a list of proposed tariffs against goods from China. The trade representative has 15 days to publish...
Former South Korean president Lee Myung-bak was arrested and jailed early Friday on multiple corruption charges, including bribery, embezzlement and abuse of power. The Seoul Central District Court approved the arrest warrant based on serious allegations...