United Nations (UN) Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon Thursday called on Syria to end to violence against civilians and possible crimes against humanity . During a speech in Vienna, Austria, the Secretary General said he...
Amnesty International (AI) released a statement Tuesday condemning recent anti-gay actions by the government of Uganda . The statement came in response to a number of adverse actions against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT)...
The Virginia House of Delegates passed a bill Tuesday that defines life as beginning at conception. The bill passed 66-32 moving the state toward banning abortion . The bill,...
The UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples James Anaya urged the Panamanian government on Tuesday to open a dialogue with the country's indigenous peoples in an effort to alleviate tension...
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson filed suit Tuesday against the US Department of Justice (DOJ) over its ruling that barred South Carolina from enforcing its voter identification law . The DOJ...
A judge in Milan ruled Tuesday that former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi will stand trial for publicly releasing a secret wiretap in 2005. The prosecution alleges that Berlusconi published the transcript of a...
The Massachusetts Appeals Court held Thursday that same-sex couples who marry and have a baby via artificial insemination are bound by the same child custody laws as heterosexual couples. The decision came after...
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Friday ruled that Germany has immunity from claims brought in foreign courts by victims of the Nazi regime. The Court found that a 2008 decision by Italy's Supreme...
Four British men pleaded guilty Wednesday to plotting an al Qaeda inspired attack against the London Stock Exchange (LSE) . In December 2010, nine men who met through radical Islamist groups were charged and taken into custody [JURIST...
The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a Minnesota statute requiring people convicted of crimes to submit a DNA sample does not violate the Fourth Amendment right to unreasonable search. The Minnesota law ,...
