The government of Uganda is harassing and intimidating rights groups and other non-government organizations (NGOs), Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Tuesday. The report, entitled "Curtailing Criticism: Intimidation and Obstruction of Civil Society in Uganda," documents the...
The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit struck down several provisions of Alabama's controversial immigration law on Monday while upholding a few sections of the law. The court also rejected...
The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday dismissed a challenge by former Ivory Coast president and alleged war criminal Laurent Gbagbo that the court lacks jurisdiction to try him. Gbagbo is being charged...
The Arizona Supreme Court ruled on Friday that a state law requiring all public officials to be proficient in English is constitutional. The defendant in the case, Alejandrina Cabrera, was a city...
The government of Japan announced on Saturday that it will file a lawsuit with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague over an ongoing territorial dispute with South Korea concerning a group of...
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled on Friday that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) acted lawfully when it approved a plan to increase the amount of ethanol...
A Ukrainian opposition group filed a lawsuit on Monday that seeks to charge President Viktor Yanukovych with crimes against the Ukrainian people. The lawsuit was filed by Batkivshchyna ,...
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Thursday that it will require Verizon and four cable companies to make changes in service agreements to ensure that the agreements do not suppress competition . In...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged the government of Kazakhstan on Wednesday to ensure that the upcoming trials of two political activists and an oil worker comport with international legal standards for fair trials. Two opposition...
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit on Wednesday under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to compel the FBI to release two memoranda detailing the agency's policy on GPS...
