California pregnancy clinics on Saturday filed suit challenging a new state law that would require them to inform women and girls that come to their clinics of abortion services provided by the state. This is the first law...
The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday issued a temporary stay on the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) new Clean Water Rule (Rule) that defines "waters of the US." In a...
The Governor of California on Saturday enacted a new chapter of the California Food and Agricultural Code to enhance the regulation of antibiotic use on farm animals in the state. The new policy is more...
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled Tuesday that a convicted murderer could be banned from voting because the ban is proportionate to the offense. Thierry Delvigne challenged the ban before the ECJ as a violation...
The England and Wales Court of Appeal ruled Tuesday that a same-sex spouse is not entitled to his husband's full pension benefits in the event of death. John Walker worked for Innospec but retired in 2003, two years...
The last remaining British Guantanamo detainee is on a hunger strike, the Daily Mail reported Saturday. Shaker Aamer told the Daily Mail via his lawyer that he is still subject to physical abuse despite reports that he will...
A group of independent UN human rights experts on Friday called on Pakistan to reinstate a moratorium on the death penalty after reports of minors being sentenced to death. There are more than 8,000 people on death...
Former Congolese vice president Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to charges of interfering with the administration of justice. Bemba is accused of paying witnesses and coaching them to give false...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on Tuesday asked parties involved in the Taliban attack in Kunduz, Afghanistan, to do everything in their power to protect civilians form harm . He expressed...
Attorneys for a Maryland transgender inmate said Thursday that their client had won relief under the Prison Rape Elimination Act , marking the first such successful challenge. The inmate, Sandy Brown, claimed that guards called her "it"...
