US District Judge Henry Autrey has dismissed a lawsuit filed by participants of the Ferguson riots that alleged police abuse. The complaint , filed by nine individuals, alleged that police were unlawfully violent when quelling riots...

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in Bravo-Fernandez v. United States . The court is being asked to decide whether an unconstitutional, vacated conviction can "cancel" out the preclusive effect of...

The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a state law adding new licensing and inspection rules for facilities that perform abortions is unconstitutional. The court found that the law violated a provision ...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad al Hussein cautioned Russia Tuesday against the continued use of incendiary weapons in the fight for Aleppo. At issue is the use of incendiary weapons during airstrikes carried...

Amnesty International (AI) on Tuesday called on wealthy nations to become more active in solving the refugee crisis after discovering that 10 nations making up less than 2.5 percent of the world's GDP have taken in...

UK Prime Minister Theresa May announced Tuesday that European human rights laws that have led to "vexatious" claims against British soldiers will no longer apply on the battlefield. The action taken by the government will free armed forces...

The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on Monday affirmed an Indiana district court ruling that blocked Indiana's effort to prevent resettlement of Syrian refugee families in the state. The lawsuit was...

A UN children's rights expert on Monday stated that Syria's continued infliction of harm on children is a "brutal abdication of human rights obligations they have committed to respect." Benyam Dawit Mezmur , Chair of the...

Thailand on Monday opened a specialized corruption court in hopes of finalizing cases more quickly and possibly expanding the reach of the cases that can be tried. Government corruption was one of the rationales provided for the military coup two...

Five men accused of murdering Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov went on trial Monday in a Moscow military court. The five defendants, previously identified as Anzor Gubashev, Shagid Gubashev, Zaur Dadayev, Ramzan Bakhayev and Tamerlan Eskerkhanov, are ethnic Chechens and...