Iraqi authorities must end attacks on peaceful protesters , according to a Tuesday report from Amnesty International (AI) . The report, "Days of Rage: Protests and Repression in Iraq" , asserts that Iraqi and Kurdistan authorities...
A federal jury on Friday acquitted anti-Castro Cuban militant Luis Posada Carriles of charges of lying to federal immigration officials. He was indicted before the US District Court for the Western...
The UN Office for the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Tuesday urged the Yemeni government to discontinue using force against peaceful protesters . The OHCHR insisted that Yemen deliver on...
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Friday that the former CEO of mortgage company Taylor, Bean & Whitaker (TBW) pleaded guilty on charges of fraud related to the Troubled Asset Relief...
Germany urged the European Union (EU) on Friday to impose an export ban on a drug used for lethal injections in several US states. Germany's human rights commissioner, Markus Loening, requested that the drug...
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled 5-4 in Connick v. Thompson that a district attorney cannot be held liable under § 1983 for a failure...
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled 6-2 in Kasten v. Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corp. that the language "filed any complaint" of the Fair Labor Standards Act...
A Berlin high court has ruled that Google's Street View mapping service is legal in Germany. Last year, a woman sued Google alleging that photos posted on...
The Missouri House of Representatives on Thursday voted 119-38 in favor of legislation restricting late-term abortions and imposing penalties on doctors who fail to comply with the new restrictions. The legislation,...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Tuesday that the Uzbekistan government has ordered the closure of the advocacy group's Uzbek office. HRW learned from the Uzbekistan Supreme Court on March 10 that,...
