The Thailand Parliament unanimously approved a controversial amendment to its Computer Crime Act of 2007 (CCA) on Friday, which rights groups fear will give the government unrestricted power to police the web and...

The Turkish government has been silencing the media on a massive scale to prevent it from reporting on or criticizing the government's "ruthless crackdown" on its enemies, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a 69-page report ...

The Federal Court of Australia ruled against Australian Internet service providers (ISP) on Thursday, forcing them to block five named companies and all their related websites. All of the five named companies—Pirate Bay, Torrentz, TorrentHound, IsoHunt and...

A Malaysian federal court on Wednesday rejected a final appeal by opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim to set aside his sodomy conviction. Anwar was convicted of sodomy in 2014 and sentenced to a five-year jail term. This...

The Amsterdam District Court ruled on Wednesday that Crimean gold artifacts are to be returned to Ukraine and not Crimea. The artifacts, including gems, helmets and scabbards, were on loan to Amsterdam's Allard...

The Senate of Brazil on Tuesday approved a measure to limit growth in federal spending to the rate of inflation for the next 20 years. The austerity measure, known as PEC 55 [press release,...

The Mexican Senate on Tuesday approved the use of medical marijuana. The announcement was made on the official Senate twitter along with a video of the debate. Number-803 allows for the...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein warned Wednesday that South Sudan "teeters on the brink of a disaster." Speaking before the Human Rights Council Special Session on South Sudan , Zeid called...

Colombia's Constitutional Court on Tuesday approved the government's plan to expedite a peace deal with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) . The court ruled 8-1 to allow President Juan Manuel...

Qatar's new labor reforms, which take effect Tuesday, fail to provide adequate protections for migrant workers, Amnesty International (AI) said in a report released Monday. The country replaced it previous 2009 sponsorship law with...