The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Monday heard oral arguments from minority student advocates who urged the court to reconsider California's voter-approved ban on affirmative action based on race or gender preferences in...
The US Supreme Court on Wednesday denied Ohio's request to put a condemned killer to death, effectively putting the state's executions on hold. Without comment, the court refused to allow Ohio to execute...
The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) reported Tuesday that the nearly 11 months of violence in Syria have led to the deaths and injuries of hundreds of children . In particular, UNICEF spokeswoman Marixie Mercado said that,...
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Thursday ruled that it will not release video recordings from Perry v. Schwarzenegger , California's 2010 trial which declared Proposition 8 [text, PDF; JURIST news...
Human Rights Watch on Monday urged the Indian government to prosecute Border Security Force (BSF) soldiers that it has long implicated in torture and extrajudicial killings near the Bangladesh border. HRW's plea comes...
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Thursday lifted an injunction won by Chevon Corporation to block enforcement of what the US oil company claims is a fraudulent, multibillion-dollar...
The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on Monday upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit brought by US citizen and convicted terrorist Jose Padilla , who alleged that he had been...
The Ethiopian Federal High Court on Thursday convicted three Ethiopian journalists, a political opposition leader and a politician's assistant for conspiring to commit acts of terrorism in violation of the country's Anti-Terrorism Proclamation of 2009...
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso announced Tuesday that the Commission will legally challenge three Hungarian laws. The laws, passed last month in conjunction with Hungary's new constitution, are viewed by Barroso and...
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Thursday urged Nigerian leaders from all sectors of society to make a concerted effort to stop the recent violence against civilians unleashed by the Islamic...
