The Thirteenth Texas Court of Appeals on Thursday vacated a lower court's holding that Nikki Araguz, the transgender widow of a firefighter who died in 2010, was a man at the time of her marriage,...
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Texas appeals court overturns decision voiding marriage of transgender widow
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HRW: Somalia officials must reform laws to prevent sexual violence against women
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Ninth Circuit revives shareholder lawsuit against BP Alaska
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Germany officials propose law to lift statute of limitations on stolen property
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Kenya refuses to release president’s financial records to ICC absent court order
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Egypt officials order new trials for Morsi supporters
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Federal appeals court overturns California concealed weapons ban
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HRW: Gaddafi and former officials held without due process
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UN special court acquits two Rwanda officials in 1994 genocide
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Rand Paul files complaint against NSA surveillance program
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Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged the Somali government on Thursday to adopt reforms to help prevent sexual violence against women and provide support for victims. HRW released a report, "Here, Rape is Normal" ,...
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued an opinion on Thursday reinstating a shareholder class-action lawsuit against BP Alaska for securities fraud after the case had been dismissed by a...
The Bavarian justice minister Winfried Bausback presented a bill on Friday to the German Parliament that would lift the statute of limitations for certain cases involving stolen property. The...
Kenyan Attorney General Githu Muigai told the International Criminal Court (ICC) Thursday that Kenya would not turn over financial records of President Uhuru Kenyatta without a court order in compliance with Kenyan...
Egyptian authorities on Thursday ordered 242 supporters of former president Mohammed Morsi to face new trials in relation to the violent protests against the new government. Most of the individuals are low level members of the Muslim...
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Thursday struck down a California concealed weapons rule , ruling it violates the Second Amendment right to bear arms. The rule required concealed weapons applicants...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday reported that Libya has failed to grant due process rights to Saif al-Islam Gaddafi and other detained former government officials. On January 23 HRW interviewed Gaddafi, who revealed that...
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Tuesday announced that Augustin Ndindiliyimana, the former chief of staff of the Rwandan parliamentary police, and Francois-Xavier Nzuwonemeye, the former commander of a military reconnaissance battalion, had been acquitted...
US Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against President Barack Obama, the Director of National Intelligence, the director of the NSA, and the director of the FBI challenging the constitutionality of...
