The Tokyo High Court on Thursday upheld a lower court obscenity decision against a female artist over distribution of 3-D printed models of vaginas. Megumi Igarashi is an artist who was found guilty ...
The Lok Sabha chamber of Indian parliament approved a bill Tuesday to provide for the prevention and control of HIV and AIDS as well as to protect the human rights of affected persons. The Human Immunodeficiency Virus...
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Thursday unanimously held that Russia violated European human rights laws when it raided a terrorist-held school in the Russian town of Beslan in 2004, leading to the death of...
Russia vetoed a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolution on Wednesday that would have condemned Syrian president Bashar al-Assad's use of neurologic gas against the Syrian town Khan Sheikhoun on April 4....
The Parliament of Egypt on Tuesday gave its unanimous approval to a three-month state of emergency put in place by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi . Announced by Egypt's state-run news [Nile News,...
Zambian opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema was arrested Wednesday on treason charges for allegedly obstructing President Edgar Lungu's motorcade. Police raided Hichilema's house and questioned him after he blocked the president's motorcade on Saturday. Hichilema has been...
Hundreds of detainees at the Northwest Detention Center (NWDC) in Tacoma, Washington began a hunger strike on Monday . According to NWDC Resistance , an advocacy group for undocumented immigrants, prior to the beginning...
The UK Court of Appeal ruled on Wednesday that terminally ill Noel Conway can proceed with challenge of the country's law against assisted dying. Noel Conway, a retired college lecturer, was diagnosed with motor neurone disease in...
European Union vice president Frans Timmermans announced on Wednesday that a legal assessment will be launched "as soon as possible" regarding Hungary's recently enacted Higher Education Law. Opponents argue the law is meant to close the...
Amnesty International (AI) released its annual report on global use of the death penalty Tuesday, saying China continues to use the punishment more than any other country. The group says the exact number of...