The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Yanghee Lee, on Monday expressed concern over violence against civilians in Myanmar's Kachin State. A reported 10 civilians were killed and several more severely injured and wounded...
UN human rights experts called for a retrial on Monday following flawed trial procedure and due process violations in the conviction of four men sentenced to death in the Bahraini High Military Court in December. The four men,...
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday morning in two cases: the first concerns tribal fishing rights, and the second asks whether certain costs are compensable losses under the Mandatory Victim Restitution Act. The first case, Washington v. US...
The Albuquerque City Council in New Mexico passed an immigrant-friendly proposal Monday, upholding and reinforcing the city's commitment to "treat all persons with respect and dignity, regardless of their immigration status." The resolution prohibits city officials from...
A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of California ruled Monday that Facebook must face a class action lawsuit challenging the company's facial recognition and "tagging" technology. Judge James Donato ruled that...
The Community Financial Services Association of America (CFSA) and Consumer Service Alliance of Texas (CSAT) filed a lawsuit Wednesday in the US District Court for the Western District of Texas, alleging the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's...
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit in the US District Court for the Western District of Kentucky Tuesday challenging the Kentucky abortion measures that Governor Matt Bevin signed into...
The Belfast City Council voted on Monday to decriminalize abortion upon requests from Amnesty International, Family Planning Association and Both Lives Matter . The council passed the motion with a 34-15 vote and five abstentions....
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Monday struck down a California school district's employee pay system, holding that using employee pay history to determine salary violates the Equal Pay Act . The...
President Donald Trump issued a memorandum on Wednesday authorizing the National Guard to deploy the US southern border for additional security support. Trump described the order as necessary to respond to a "crisis" that is "fundamentally incompatible...
