Cambodian opposition leader Sam Rainsy was removed as a member of the country’s National Assembly on Monday, paving the way for his arrest in connection with a defamation case following his return from South Korea. The National Assembly’s standing committee approved Rainsy’s arrest concerning a “previously unenforced 2011 court decision,” which sentenced Rainsy to two [...]

A Bahraini court on Monday rejected the death sentence appeals of two men convicted in a 2014 bombing that killed three police officers. The court’s decision was announced by prosecutor Nayyaf Yusuf. The men, Hassan Mosa and Mohammed Ramadan, were among 12 convicted in the bombing . While one other defendant received the sentence of [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Sunday that Saudi Arabia’s new labor laws have helped to stop abuses of migrant workers, but the reforms fail to meet the needs of domestic workers. The 38 amendments went into effect last month. The Labor ministry has increased fines for employers that violate the new requirements, including forbidding employers [...]

Amnesty International (AI) on Friday condemned the bombing in Beirut, Lebanon, as an “appalling disregard for human life.” The attack killed at least 41 people in the capital of Lebanon. The Islamic State (IS) has taken responsibility for the attack in which two suicide bombers blew themselves up in the predominantly Shi’a suburb of Burj [...]

Following significant criticism, Utah Juvenile Court judge Scott Johansen on Friday amended an earlier ruling to allow a same-sex couple to remain foster parents. Johansen had initially ruled against married women April Hoagland and Beckie Peirce on Tuesday, writing in his order, “he Court orders the Division to place the child with a duly married, [...]

Paris’ chief prosecutor François Molins on Saturday reported three arrests connected to Friday’s terrorist attacks. Organized into three teams, terrorists reportedly connected to the extremist group Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) perpetrated attacks on six different targets in and around Paris. Speaking one day after the attack, Molins reported the death toll [...]

Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday granted early release to convicted war criminal Germain Katanga from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). A three-judge panel of the Appeals Chamber of the ICC conducted a review of Katanga’s sentence under the guidelines provided in Rome Statute Article 110 that allow for judicial review [...]

Bangladesh has asked Amnesty International (AI) to retract its criticism of the country’s execution plans for opposition politicians convicted of war crimes at a local tribunal. In 2013 the International Crimes Tribunal Bangladesh (ICTB) convicted Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid, a senior politician from Jamaat-e-Islami and Salauddin Quader Chowdhury, a leader of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist [...]

The US Supreme Court on Friday granted certiorari in Whole Woman’s Health v. Cole to decide whether a Texas law passed in 2013 imposes an undue burden on the availability of abortion services in the state. Specifically, the Court will review the constitutionality of two new restrictions on abortion clinics under HB 2: 1) doctors [...]

The US Supreme Court said Friday that it will hold a hearing regarding a constitutional test for a new congressional districting map for Virginia. The case, Wittman v. Personhuballah , involves the 3rd congressional district, which is the only congressional district in the state that has a majority African American population. The question presented before [...]