Human Rights Watch released a 134-page report and a 15-minute video on Tuesday at the EU Parliament documenting widespread rights abuses and forced labor conditions in Thailand's fishing fleets. Titled "Hidden Chains: Forced Labor and...

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday granted the Department of Justice's (DOJ) motion to expedite consideration of a petition for direct review of a trial court injunction blocking the termination of the Deferred Action...

The Supreme Court of British Columbia on Wednesday declared Canada's practice of indefinite solitary confinement in federal prisons unconstitutional and stated that the practice violates the Charter of Rights and Freedoms . The plaintiffs included non-profit groups...

The UK House of Commons voted 324-295 on Wednesday to pass the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill , also known as as the "Brexit" bill, after concluding its third and final reading of the bill....

The EU General Court on Tuesday reinstated a four-year-old trademark infringement complaint filed by Starbucks against a Belgian coffeehouse whose musical-note signage is accused of infringing the iconic mermaid logo. Hasmik Nersesyan filed an...

A coalition of human rights groups, including the Arab Organisation for Human Rights in the UK (AOHR UK), Stop the War Coalition, the Campaign Against Arms Trade and Human Rights for Yemen, sent a letter to Prime Minister...

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights , Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, on Wednesday condemned the rise in civilian casualties in the Eastern Ghouta region of Syria resulting from the recent increase in airstrikes and ground-based attacks...

Canada filed a 32-page complaint against the US at the World Trade Organization (WTO) on Wednesday concerning certain laws, regulations and other measures in relation to US anti-dumping or countervailing duty investigations, reviews or other proceedings....

Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a 72-page report on Monday documenting widespread discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT) individuals in Ghana both in public and private or family settings. The report, titled "No Choice but...

The lower house of parliament of India, the Lok Sabha , on Thursday passed a bill criminalizing the practice of triple talaq or "instant divorce" whereby a Muslim man could divorce his wife by merely uttering the...