The youngest participant in the violent 2012 Delhi gang rape which lead to the death of the victim was freed from jail Sunday after serving a three year sentence. The rape, on a moving bus, gathered international attention...
The Supreme Court Monday stayed an Alabama court decision that repudiated the parental rights of a woman (VL) who had been raising the three children she shared with her same-sex partner. The Alabama Supreme Court [official...
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Maryland ruled Monday that the display of a prominent cross-shaped war memorial in a public park operated by Prince George County does not violate the...
UNICEF on Friday called for aid to approximately 1.2 million children distressed by conflict in the Central African Republic (CAR) . Violence has persisted in the CAR since the predominately Muslim-based Seleka rebels ousted former...
A UN human rights expert on Monday advised Nigerian officials to halt mass, unlawful evictions and demolitions in the region of Badia, Lagos, exoressing concern over the homelessness resulting from a lack of adequate housing and compensation to...
The Supreme Court of Canada ruled on Friday that the constitution does not require the Alberta legislature to enact laws in both French and English. French speakers, Gilles Caron and Pierre Boutet, challenged traffic tickets they were...
UN Special Rapporteurs Makarim Wibisono and Christof Heyns expressed concern Monday over ongoing violence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) and Israel. This latest phase of conflict began in October and has claimed an...
A federal judge for the US District Court for the Western District of Arkansas ruled against Thursday that a nativity scene on Baxter County Courthouse grounds violates the First Amendment. The lawsuit was filed by the American...
The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to rule in Davis v. United States , Monday, rejecting a case that questioned the necessity of search warrants being presented to wireless carriers when law enforcement requests...
The Guatemalan Congress on Thursday approved legislation to raise to legal age for marriage to 18. The minimum legal age for marriage had been 14 for girls and 16 for boys. An exception was made so...
