UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay renewed her call Monday to the Security Council to refer the situation in Syria to the International Criminal Court (ICC) . She stressed...
The US House of Representatives voted Thursday and found US Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt for failing to fully comply with subpoenas issued in regards to a failed gun trafficking...
The Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on Thursday rejected the request to restore the citizenship of John Demjanjuk , a retired Ohio autoworker convicted of being an accessory to over 28,000 murders as...
Two reports were presented Thursday to the UN Human Rights Council to urge for greater protection for the right to life of journalists and media freedom. Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression Frank...
Presiding judge of the Cook County Chancery Division , Moshe Jacobius, agreed Thursday to combine two lawsuits that claim the state's ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional. The two suits were filed at the...
All sides in the Malian conflict have committed war crimes including summary executions, rape, the use of children as soldiers, and the pillaging of hospitals, schools, aid agencies and government buildings, Human Rights Watch (HRW) [advocacy...
The Bahrain Court of Cassation ruled Monday that human rights activist Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja would be retried along with 20 others convicted on terrorism-related charges. Al-Khawaja, along with eight others, is serving a life sentence...
The Maryland Court of Appeals on Tuesday struck down a law allowing police to collect DNA from individuals arrested for violent crimes and burglaries, finding it an unconstitutional violation of the Fourth Amendment...
Amnesty International (AI) on Monday challenged European governments to do more to address discrimination against Muslims , especially in the areas of employment and education. The report states that many women are denied jobs or access...
Egypt's ruling army on Tuesday approved a law drafted by the Egyptian Parliament which bans certain candidates from the upcoming presidential elections . The law was passed early in April and prevents anyone...
