Attorney General Edgar Veytia of the state of Nayarit, Mexico, has been arrested on charges of international narcotics trafficking conspiracy, according to court documents filed by federal officials on Tuesday. The gist of the grand jury indictment...
The UK Parliament on Thursday released the Great Repeal Bill , outlining the process to solve issues that could arise out as Britain leaves the EU. The legislation comes a day after the UK government triggered Article 50...
Former Bosnian prison guard Slobo Maric was stripped of his US citizenship and sentenced to 18 months in prison on Monday after failing to disclose his membership in the Bosnian Army and war crimes he committed during...
The UK Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) did not misidentify former JPMorgan official Achilles Macris in its penalty notice in connection with the "London Whale" Scandal. The...
The Texas Senate approved bills on Wednesday that would prevent doctors from encouraging abortions to avoid lawsuits from birth defects and to require doctors to ensure a fetus is deceased before performing certain procedures. Texas Bills 25...
The Ganges and Yumana rivers were granted the same legal rights as people by the high court in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand on Monday. The two rivers are considered sacred by Indians but have faced...
Privacy International , a rights group devoted to promoting and protecting the privacy rights of individuals worldwide released a report on Wednesday documenting serious human rights abuses such as torture, extrajudicial killings and disappearances that have...
UN rights experts urged the Philippines legislature on Thursday to reject a proposed death penalty bill that would reintroduce capital punishment for drug-related offenses. Specifically, the bill authorizes death penalty for the "import, sale, manufacture, delivery and distribution" of...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein called Tuesday for measures to release detainees in Syria in his address to the UN Human Rights Council . The Independent International Commission of Inquiry...
Seven convicted felons on Monday filed suit alleging Florida's process of restoring voting rights to felons is unconstitutionally arbitrary. The complaint, filed in the US District Court for the Northern District of Florida by the Fair Elections...
