The US Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit vacated the 2015 corruption conviction of former New York state Senator Dean Skelos and his son Adam Skelos on Tuesday. Dean...
The Kentucky Circuit Court on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit challenging the state's criminal ban on medical marijuana. The three plaintiffs who originally filed the lawsuit in June of this year argued that the...
In a speech before the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned the body of increasing political and social tension and instability around the world, urging respect for international humanitarian law. Guterres identified...
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Colombia dismissed two lawsuits against the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Tuesday for their alleged negligence in their conduct surrounding the 2015...
The Egyptian Supreme State Security Prosecution on Thursday acknowledged the detainment of Ibrahim Metwally, a human rights lawyer. Metwally was arrested three days prior after he was suspected of providing legal aid to the family of an Italian graduate...
UN Special Rapporteur on the right to development Saad Alfarargi said on Thursday that escalating climate change and the global economic crisis are posing increasing threats to the world's impoverished persons. Alfarargi filed a report...
The European Commission said Tuesday that Poland must address actions it has recently taken to undermine its own judicial system and the independence of Polish judges. In July the Polish Parliament , under the...
A judge of the New Hampshire Superior Court on Tuesday blocked SB 3 , a New Hampshire law that would have potentially imposed a fine or potential jail time if voters did not submit proof...
The Spanish Constitutional Court on Thursday suspended the Catalan independence referendum. The Catalan Parliament , the region's ruling coalition, passed the referendum law on Wednesday despite recent tensions between the...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday condemned both China's oppression of critics of the nation's human rights record and the UN's failure to stop such conduct. The report alleges that, "China has worked consistently and often...
