human rights

Human Rights Violations Abroad, Supreme Court To Revive Alien Tort Statute For Corporations

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday said it will consider whether corporations may be sued in U.S. cour...

Apr 04, 2017 11:08 AM EDT

New Child Marriage Law In Bangladesh

On February 27, the Bangladesh government passed a law that would allow for child marriage to occur ...

Mar 06, 2017 11:30 AM EST

Data Brokers Protect Human Rights while Trump Violates Them

Data brokers have got your back as many organization join hands to create a safe environment for eve...

Feb 28, 2017 10:43 AM EST

LGBT Rights Advocates To Continue Fight Against Mississippi Law

More than 300 people marched from the state Capitol to the governor's mansion in Jackson, the capita...

May 02, 2016 08:31 PM EDT

Migrant Crisis: Austria passes controversial new law imposing tougher measures on asylum

Austria recently passed a controversial new asylum law that aims to limit the influx of migrants and...

Apr 28, 2016 05:28 AM EDT

Norway appeals court verdict on Breivik's human rights complaint

Norway launches an appeal on a court's ruling on mass murderer Anders Breivik's human rights complai...

Apr 27, 2016 10:53 AM EDT

US State Department: Arbitrary detention of human rights lawyers, activist increase in China in 2015

The U.S. State Department's annual human rights report indicates that arbitrary detention of human r...

Apr 14, 2016 03:03 AM EDT

EU Extends Assets and Travel Ban Sanctions to Iranian Individuals

The European Union has extended the ban for 82 individuals accused of violating human rights. The EU...

Apr 13, 2016 01:58 AM EDT

Barack Obama, Raul Castro spar on human rights violations in Cuba

U.S. President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro aired their differences on the existence...

Mar 22, 2016 01:40 AM EDT

United Nations warns European Union refugee deal with Turkey might be illegal for violating human rights

The EU-Turkey deal will see the return of Syrian refugees from Greece to Turkey in exchange for more...

Mar 13, 2016 10:11 AM EDT

GCHQ hacking on networks in the UK and overseas does not violate human rights laws, British security tribunal says

The investigator powers tribunal has ruled in favor of the legality of the hacking activities conduc...

Feb 14, 2016 07:33 PM EST

Egypt is committed to investigating torture, says Foreign Affairs official

The Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned the murder of an Italian student in Cairo and pro...

Feb 12, 2016 09:49 PM EST

U.S. Senate Approves Tougher Sanctions Against North Korea As Nuclear Worries Grow

The United States Senate voted on Wednesday for a legislation that will broaden the sanctions agains...

Feb 11, 2016 12:58 AM EST

A look into Syria's culture of violence and abuse: U.N. report reveals government is responsible for more crimes against humanity than ISIS

A report published by the United Nations commission of inquiry on Syria reveals that there massive c...

Feb 08, 2016 10:23 PM EST

Bill aims to restore consumers’ legal rights stripped away by Supreme Court rulings

Proponents of cunsumer's rights will be disappointed to hear that the proposed bill that would resto...

Feb 07, 2016 08:13 AM EST

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