A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia on Wednesday issued a temporary injunction blocking same-gender classes at a West Virginia middle school. The order follows a lawsuit brought...
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled Tuesday that Italy's ban on embryonic screening is a violation of human rights. According to a press release issued by the court, the ban is a...
The Russian Presidential Council on Human Rights , an independent advisory body, on Tuesday questioned the legitimacy of the recent guilty verdict and sentence for three members of the Russian feminist activist group...
Google's recently acquired Motorola Mobility filed suit against Apple with the US International Trade Commission (ITC) on Friday. The filing, which should be made public on Monday, alleges that Apple's mobility devices infringe on seven patents [Bloomberg...
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Utah on Friday refused to dismiss a case challenging the state's prohibition on bigamy. The lawsuit was filed by the stars of the reality TV...
Myanmar president Thein Sein on Friday announced the creation of a 27-member commission tasked with investigating the cause of the sectarian violence between Rohingya Muslims and Rakhine Buddhists. The clashes, which began in May and carried on...
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) announced Friday that former Serb official Mile Mrksic has been transferred to a Portuguese prison to serve his 20-year sentence for war crimes. Mrksic was convicted...
Lebanon should stop police from using anal examinations to determine suspects' sexual behavior, Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged Friday. The announcement came on the heels of a recent arrest of 36 men at a...
US President Barack Obama signed into law the Presidential Efficiency and Streamlining Act Friday, which permits some senior government positions to be filled by the president without requiring Senate confirmation. The bill exempts 170 minor executive...
The Pennsylvania's Public Utility Commission and the Department of Environmental Protection filed an appeal on Friday challenging this week's Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court ruling that Pennsylvania's new oil and gas law [Act 13...
