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Saudi Arabia's Specialized Criminal Court (SCC) in Riyadh on Monday handed down a seven-year sentence to a Saudi citizen as well as numerous other punitive measures for a Twitter post the court deemed insulting to...

The Lahore High Court on Thursday delayed the execution of former police officer Khizar Hayat until the Pakistan Supreme Court can rule on the case of another mentally ill convict. Hayat's execution is now scheduled for...

UN Special Rapporteur Michel Frost will visit Mexico for the first time to assess the safety of human rights defenders, according to a statement Wednesday. Frost's visit will take place from January 16 to 24, during which he...

JURIST Guest Columnist Larry Catá Backer, of Pennsylvania State University discusses consequences of President elect Trump's rejection of the TTP ... The Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) and its European twin, the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), mean to provide...

A judge for the US District Court for the Western District of Texas on Thursday temporarily blocked new Texas regulations that would require the burial or cremation of aborted fetal remains. The new regulations,...

The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday in Shaw v. United States that a defendant's argument that he should not be convicted of bank fraud because because he only intended to cheat a bank...

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 human rights and hazardous substances and wastes Baskut Tuncak on Wednesday urged the international community to help end the "silent pandemic" of childhood disease and disability..." caused by exposure to...

UK Prime Minister Theresa May on Saturday denied EU President Donald Tusk's report that May intends to begin Article 50 proceedings by February. Article 50 is the portion of the...

The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Monday upheld the death sentences of 16 civilians convicted of terror-related offenses by military courts. The appellants contended that their constitutional rights had been violated, as they were tried in secret, without...