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Prosecutors in North Jutland, Denmark , pressed blasphemy charges against a man on Wednesday for posting a video in which he burned a Koran. On Thursday the Danish Prosecution Service issued a formal indictment [press...

The UN General Assembly on Friday elected 14 member-states by secret ballot to serve three-year terms on the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) beginning January 1. The newly elected countries include Brazil, Croatia, Egypt,...

The UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, David Kaye said Thursday that governments are "wielding the tools of censorship" and cautioned that "the freedom...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Maldives announced its decision on Friday to quit the Commonwealth of Nations after the organization issued a warning to the country that it could be suspended because of...

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals granted a stay of execution on Friday for murder accomplice Jeffrey Lee Wood. Wood and Daniel Reneau attempted to rob a gas station in 1996. Wood waited in...

Maldives President Yameen Abdul Gayoom on Thursday signed into law a controversial bill criminalizing defamation with fines and jail terms despite widespread criticism. The UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of expression David Kaye issued a warning ...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on Tuesday urged the Maldives to abide by a decades-old moratorium on the death penalty. The country has operated according to the de facto moratorium for...

Jin Kyung-joon, a senior prosecutor in South Korea, was indicted on charges of bribery Friday. Jin has been accused of accepting more than USD $11 million from an executive at the online-game company Nexon during collusive...

A South Korean senior prosecutor was arrested Sunday on bribery charges following investigations into his corrupt relationship with major online game company Nexon . Prosecutor Jin Kyung-joon was accused of taking the equivalent of USD $370,000...

The Supreme Court of the Maldives on Monday upheld the 13-year prison sentence of former President Mohamed Nasheed on terrorism-related charges. Nasheed was originally sentenced in March 2015 after he...