A group of Republican members of the US House of Representatives filed a memorandum in the US District Court for the District of Connecticut on Wednesday, asking the district court to stay a...
Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt on Thursday appealed a ruling by a district court judge that held that an abortion ultrasound bill is unconstitutional. In his appeal, Pruitt argued that the...
Former Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta was convicted on Friday of three counts of securities fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit securities fraud. Gupta was also acquitted on two other counts of securities...
The Supreme Court of British Columbia ruled Friday that provisions of Canada's Criminal Code that forbid physician-assisted suicide unjustly violate the rights to life, liberty and equality. In her ruling, Justice Lynn Smith acknowledged that...
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled on Friday that a former defense contractor who alleged that he was tortured while detained by the US military in Iraq cannot sue...
A federal judge in Virginia dismissed a lawsuit on Thursday challenging the constitutionality of the city of Lexington's 2011 ordinance banning the Confederate flag from being flown on city poles. The lawsuit, filed by the Sons of...
The Gulf Center for Human Rights (GCHR) urged the government of Oman on Tuesday to stop arresting protesters and other activists who are calling for political reform. According to the GCHR, many of the Omani...
The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a directive on Friday saying that it will stop deporting many illegal immigrants under the age of 30 who were brought to the US as...
A coalition of news organizations asked the US Supreme Court on Thursday to allow live audio and video recording of the announcement of its decision regarding the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care...
Syrian forces are sexually abusing men, women and children who have been detained during the ongoing conflict, Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Friday. HRW interviewed more than a dozen former Syrian detainees who were sexually...
