A US group co-chaired by former Secretaries of State James Baker and Warren Christopher released a report Tuesday calling for a new law requiring the president to consult with Congress before going...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a report Tuesday calling on the Saudi government to institute new legal protections for the country's estimated 1.5 million domestic workers. The group said that...
More than 3000 members of the People's Alliance for Democracy rallied outside of the Royal Thai Police Headquarters in Bangkok on Monday, calling for a speedy resolution to the corruption trials of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra [BBC backgrounder;...
A new association of political prisoners formed by Russia's National Bolshevik Party (NBP) will advocate for prisoners' rights and call attention to the plight of political prisoners in the country, party spokesman Alexander Averin said...
Former US Department of Justice (DOJ) intern Sean Gerlich is seeking class action status for a suit he has filed against the DOJ for discrimination based on political affiliation . In the suit, Gerlich alleges that...
Turkish police Sunday arrested former generals Sener Eruygur and Hursit Tolon, accusing them of plotting to overthrow the country's current regime. The country's majority Islamic Justice Development Party (AKP) has alleged...
White House Press Secretary Dana Perino said Thursday that the administration is still working to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center , but suggested that a recent US Supreme Court decision could lead to...
The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has urged the Mongolian government to "exercise the utmost restraint" in dealing with protests of the country's recent parliamentary elections. President Nambar Enkhbayar ...
Human Rights Watch Wednesday accused Sri Lanka of creating a de facto internment camp to arbitrarily detain more than 400 refugees fleeing areas of the country controlled by...
A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York Tuesday ordered Google to turn over databases containing logs of every time any IP address has accessed any YouTube ...