A judge for the US District Court for the District of Montana issued an injunction on Wednesday to stop the construction of a $59 million dam that threatened the habitat of an ancient fish species in...

A Chinese court has ordered a mental hospital to issue a public apology and pay compensation to a 38-year-old man after forcing him to undergo conversion therapy. The man was committed to the institution by his wife in 2015. He...

The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) filed suit Wednesday and has sought temporary injunctive relief against the Trump administration's request for voter information. EPIC alleges that the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity (PACEI)...

French judge Catherine Marchi-Uhel was appointed as Head of the International Impartial and Independent Mechanism on Monday to collect evidence concerning persons involved in Syrian war crimes over the last six years. Marchi-Uhel has experience in criminal law,...

A Colorado-based watchdog group, the Coalition for Good Governance, and six Georgia voters filed a lawsuit on Monday to throw out the most recent election results for the Georgia House of Representatives. The June 20 election was a...

Poland's special prosecutors have requested the US extradite a Minnesota man accused of Nazi war crimes. Michael Karkoc, 98, is a former commander of an SS-led Nazi unit responsible for burning Polish villages and killing civilians during World...

Armed groups have been committing war crimes in the Central African Republic (CAR) , according to a report released Wednesday by Human Rights Watch (HRW) detailing violence in three central provinces between November 2014 and April...

Two UN human rights experts have urged Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe to halt the planned execution of a man with psychological disabilities. William Morva, a US Hungarian national, was convicted and sentenced to death for the...

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Monday ruled 2-1 that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) cannot suspend a rule requiring oil and gas companies to fix and reduce...

The Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court of Florida ruled on Monday that amendments made to the state's "stand your ground" laws last month are unconstitutional. Specifically, Judge Milton Hirsch found that SB 128, the law in question,...