The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) announced on Monday that its affiliates in 38 states had sent letters to local and state police departments asking them to clarify how they use information obtained from automatic...

A court in Namibia has ruled that the government sterilized three HIV-positive women without obtaining appropriate consent, a legal aid group said Monday. The Southern African Litigation Center (SALC) reported that the court ruled the...

A court in the Maldives has refused to hear the case against former president Mohamed Nasheed, saying it does not have jurisdiction to rule in the case. Nasheed was formally charged earlier this month with illegally arresting a former...

Jailed former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko on Monday requested permission to be absent from her tax evasion trial proceedings, which are scheduled to resume on July 31. Tymoshenko reportedly asked to be excused...

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Colorado on Friday issued an injunction barring the federal government from enforcing its controversial employer insurance mandate against a Colorado business owned by a...

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday signed a bill into the law that re-criminalizes slander and libel in the country. The law defines slander as "knowingly disseminating false information defaming the honour and dignity or...

UN Special Rapporteur on arbitrary executions Christof Heyns on Friday expressed concern about an announcement that the Iraqi Court of Cassation has upheld the death sentences of 196 individuals in the Anbar province of Iraq....

The UN Secretary-General's Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict Radhika Coomaraswamy on Friday renewed her call to transfer Canadian Guantanamo Bay detainee and convict Omar Khadr to his home...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Friday insisted that the Syrian government take steps to protect civilians during armed conflicts. Pillay noted that recent violence in the country has often led to the...

A government watchdog group Judicial Watch announced on Thursday that they had filed a lawsuit seeking information about the funeral arrangements made for al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden [WP...