Attorneys for former Virginia governor Bob McDonnell on Tuesday asked the US Supreme Court to overturn his conviction and his two-year prison sentence on corruption charges . The charges stem from...

The Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that an officer must obtain a warrant in order to test the blood of a person suspected of driving while intoxicated (DWI). Minnesota's implied consent law, Statute §...

Amnesty International (AI) announced Tuesday it is setting up an office in Nigeria to investigate human rights abuses. In a showing of "solidarity with the victims of human rights violations," AI has established a permanent...

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday on two cases. In Montgomery v. Louisiana the court heard arguments on whether the court's 2012 decision in Miller v. Alabama [JURIST...

The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on Tuesday revived a civil rights lawsuit filed by a coalition of Muslim groups that accuses the New York City Police Department (NYPD) of...

Officials in UAE should investigate and prosecute credible accusations of torture reported by detainees, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Wednesday. According to HRW, three former detainees and the relative of a current detainee detailed instances...

Arkansas was ordered Monday to release information about the suppliers of its lethal injection drugs to attorneys of death row inmates challenging the state's execution secrecy law. Executions were temporarily halted on Friday by Pulaski County Circuit...

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit Tuesday against two psychologists who devised the torture techniques used on three former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) prisoners. The CIA contracted psychologists James Mitchell and John...

Australia's Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment (Data Retention) Act 2015 , data retention laws requiring companies to keep records and information, went into effect on Tuesday. The law requires telecommunications providers to maintain records of acount holders, sources of...

California pregnancy clinics on Saturday filed suit challenging a new state law that would require them to inform women and girls that come to their clinics of abortion services provided by the state. This is the first law...