A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of Texas on Thursday sentenced Allen Stanford to 110 years in prison without parole. Judge David Hittner reduced the sentence from...
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) released a report on Wednesday claiming that it costs $68,270 per year to house a prisoner age 50 and older while many pose virtually no threat to...
Pro-democratic leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday urged the international community to support Myanmar in its attempt to build a stronger democracy and uphold the rule of law. In...
Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday submitted a renewed application seeking an arrest warrant for Sylvestre Mucadumura , a field commander in the Democratic Forces...
The state of Arizona on Wednesday filed an Application to Stay Mandate asking the US Supreme Court to allow state election officials to demand voters to show proof of citizenship before registering to vote. In...
Syrian armed forces are continuing to engage in a pattern of abuses against and deliberate killings of civilians, according to an Amnesty International (AI) report released Thursday. The 70-page report was based on interviews conducted...
The Supreme Court of Libya on Thursday nullified a controversial law that criminalizes and punishes speech and propaganda endangering the security of the state or glorifying former leader Muammar Gaddafi [BBC obituary; JURIST news...
Israel's Comptroller Micha Lindenstrauss released a report on Wednesday that criticized the way Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu handled the May 2010 flotilla incident . In the 153-page report,...
Ontario lawmakers on Wednesday unanimously approved an amendment to the province's Human Rights Code that prohibits discrimination based on gender identity and gender expression. All three parties of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario approved Toby's Act...
A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of California ruled on Tuesday that Apple must defend against lawsuits filed by the company's customers under two California consumer protection laws. Judge Lucy...
