Zimbabwe's High Court on Monday ordered the immediate release of Beatrice Mtetwa, a prominent human rights lawyer who was detained for eight days for obstructing the course of justice. Mtetwa was arrested on March 17 along with...
A Louisiana judge ruled on Thursday that a state law banning felons from possessing firearms is a violation of the State Constitution . The ruling cited a constitutional amendment that was passed last year through referendum, making...
A federal judge on Thursday struck down a Missouri health insurance law that required insurers to issue policies without contraception coverage if individuals or employers objected for religious or moral reasons. Judge Audrey Fleissig for the...
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Arizona has upheld the constitutionality of an Arizona law prohibiting public schools from offering courses that teach ethnic solidarity, a law which targeted...
The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran, Ahmed Shaheed , on Tuesday expressed concern over current human rights situations in Iran . In his report , Shaheed found continued...
The US Senate Judiciary Committee voted 11-7 on Thursday to approve gun-related legislation, establishing potential floor votes on the issue of gun violence for the first time in nearly a decade. The bill , aimed at...
Yemen's government should stop seeking and carrying out the death penalty for child offenders, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report on Monday. The report found that since 2007 Yemen executed at...
The Washington Supreme Court ruled 6-3 Thursday that a voter approved measure requiring a super-majority vote by the state legislature in order to raise taxes is unconstitutional. The initiative was approved by voters...
The US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit ruled Friday that permits to carry concealed weapons are not protected by the Second Amendment . The case involved a Washington state resident who filed a...
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin and her sister were convicted Thursday of corruption for misusing state-paid staffers to do campaign work and win a seat on the bench. The sisters were convicted for work done...
