Exercising a form of injunction reserved for exceptionally serious cases, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR, Court) has instructed Russia to halt efforts to shutter Memorial International and its subsidiary organization, the Court announced Wednesday. The move followed two high-profile decisions by Russian courts this week to dissolve respected non-governmental organizations that were created [...]

Washington renewed calls for the release of former US Marine Paul Whelan on the third anniversary of his arrest in Moscow on dubious espionage charges. “ traveled to Russia as a tourist and was imprisoned and sentenced on false charges,” the US State Department said Tuesday. The statement called on the Russian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release Whelan, along [...]

A Russian court lengthened the prison sentence of historian and human rights activist Yuri Dmitriev on Monday, according to an official statement. The increase from 13 to 15 years was the latest development in a lengthy legal saga arising from charges widely decried as “spurious” and “politically motivated” efforts by Russian authorities to punish the [...]

The Canadian Federal Court of Appeal upheld Friday a lower court's ruling ordering the Canadian government to advocate for the repatriation of Canadian Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr [DOD materials; JURIST news...

A bill aimed at banning workplace discrimination motivated by an employee’s sexual orientation or gender identification was introduced in the US Senate on Wednesday by Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) . The Employment Non-Discrimination...

Human rights advocates on Wednesday accused Italy of disregarding its obligations under past European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) judgments by deporting terror suspect Ali Ben Sassi Toumi to his native Tunisia. Human Rights Watch (HRW) called...

The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on Tuesday dissolved an injunction that had previously barred the enforcement of a controversial abortion notification law in Illinois. Having been the subject of numerous court...

Rwandan Hutu Desire Munyaneza was convicted by the Superior Court of Quebec Friday on seven counts of genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes under Canada's new Crimes Against Humanity and War...

Spanish National Court Judge Santiago Pedraz Gomez reinstated charges Thursday against three US soldiers for their involvement in the death of Spanish cameraman Jose Couso , which occurred when...

The Bolivian Senate announced Thursday that an impeachment trial for Chief Justice Dr. Eddy Walter Fernandez Gutierrez of the Bolivian Supreme Court will be held on June...