Death row inmates in Indonesia have been denied the right to counsel, beaten and coerced into confessions, according to an Amnesty International (AI) report published Thursday. The country has executed 14 prisoners since President Joko...

Chilean President Michelle Bachelet announced on Wednesday the government has begun the process of drafting a new constitution. According to Bachelet the new constitution is necessary because the current version was...

Officials in UAE should investigate and prosecute credible accusations of torture reported by detainees, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Wednesday. According to HRW, three former detainees and the relative of a current detainee detailed instances...

Australia's Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment (Data Retention) Act 2015 , data retention laws requiring companies to keep records and information, went into effect on Tuesday. The law requires telecommunications providers to maintain records of acount holders, sources of...

Brazil's Federal Accounts Court (TCU) on Wednesday determined that President Dilma Rousseff's government accounting practices were illegal. Rousseff's administration allegedly took out unauthorized loan money from state banks...

California Jerry Brown signed the Clean Energy and Pollution Reduction Act of 2015 on Wednesday, which lays out plans to reduce air pollution and increase energy efficiency. To double the amount of energy efficiency...

Former UN General Assembly president John Ashe was charged Tuesday for allegedly taking part in a scheme to receive $1.3 million in bribes to conduct official actions supporting Chinese business interests. Ashe also previously served as UN...

Government officials in the Republic of the Congo on Monday announced a referendum on an amendment to the constitution that could allow President Denis Sassou Nguesso to extend his term in office. The proposed amendment...

The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Thursday adopted a resolution encouraging the government of Sri Lanka to investigate violence toward human rights activists and minority groups, and create a scheme for reporting violations...

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Wyoming issued a preliminary injunction on Wednesday prohibiting the Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) from enforcing...