Human Rights Watch (HRW) sent a letter Monday to the chief of staff of the Philippines military, Lt. Gen. Jesse Dellosa, urging the Philippines to act on multiple human rights abuses and hold violators...
The Kansas House of Representatives approved a bill Wednesday that prohibits a governing body from passing a law that would infringe on an individual's right to religion, which some suggest is a guise to...
The Ontario Court of Appeal ruled Monday that provisions of the Canadian Criminal Code place unconstitutional restrictions on prostitutes' ability to protect themselves while others are not a violation of the Canadian Charter of...
The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) Board of Pharmacy on Wednesday appealed a February ruling on access to emergency contraception. The appeal to the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit argued...
Madoff trustee Irving Picard and the owners of the New York Mets on Monday reached a $162 million settlement for victims of the Bernard Madoff Ponzi scheme, avoiding a trial in the US District Court for...
International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo said Thursday that he would seek the maximum sentence for recently convicted Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) militia leader Thomas Lubanga Dyilo . Lubanga was found...
A UK High Court justice decided Monday to let a right to die case proceed, the first to be allowed in British court. Justice William Charles ruled that a case brought by Tony Nicklinson, age 57, could...
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) objected Monday to the recently passed Texas voter identification law . In a letter from Assistant Attorney General Thomas Perez, the DOJ claimed that the changes requiring voters...
The Georgia State Senate passed a bill Monday that would ban illegal immigrants from state colleges and universities. The bill was approved with a 34-19 vote . According to the bill's sponsor,...
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Maryland ruled Friday that a portion of Maryland's handgun permit law is unconstitutional because it violates the Second Amendment . Judge Benson Everett Legg ruled...
