The US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a lawsuit against a Detroit suburb on Tuesday for allegedly violating the Voting Rights Act . The DOJ claims that black residents have been denied an...

The Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday held the second day of confirmation hearing for Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions , President-elect Donald Trump's proposed attorney general. Sessions' first day of confirmation hearings took place Tuesday, where Sessions pledged to fulfill...

India's Supreme Court threw out a corruption case on Wednesday against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The case against Modi was brought by Common Cause , a human rights organization, last November and alleged that Modi...

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Tuesday dismissed a four-decade class action lawsuit against Washington DC over the treatment of intellectually and developmentally disabled individuals housed at Forest...

A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on Tuesday declined to delay the execution of convicted killer Ricky Gray, which is scheduled to take place January 18. Gray's attorneys argued in December...

Saudi Arabia has arrested two human rights advocates since the beginning of the year, Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Wednesday. The reason Essam Koshak, 45, and Ahmed al-Musheikhis, 46, were arrested has not been released, and...

A California appeals court ruled Tuesday that the pioneer law that requires prosecutors rather than secret grand juries to decide whether to indict police officers who use lethal force is unconstitutional. The Third District Court of Appeal [official...

Perpetrators of war crimes in the Central African Republic (CAR) have not been prosecuted or investigated for their crimes, according to an Amnesty International (AI) report on Wednesday. According to AI, the country's justice...

German Federal Minister of the Interior, Thomas de Maiziere , released a plan Tuesday to overhaul the country's antiterror enforcement following the December lorry attack on a Berlin Christmas market . Police have been seeking to improve...

Tthe North Dakota Senate on Tuesday rejected a bill to update the definition of marriage and recognize same-sex marital relationships. The bill woud have updated the language in several state laws to...