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Chinese authorities released a prominent human rights lawyer from detention on Monday. Wang Yu was released on bail after confessing to "subverting state power" and rejecting awards from the American Bar Association and Ludovic Trarieux Prize for her...

JURIST Guest Columnist Kami N. Chavis of Wake Forest University School of Law discusses the recent proposals to add police officers to hate crime statutes... In May, the state of Louisiana enacted a law that would make it hate crime...

The UK Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously rejected claims by approximately 600 Iraqi civilians that they were extrajudicially detained and physically abused by British forces. The suit, brought by 14 "lead claimants" representing approximately 600...

The spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights , Rupert Colville, said Wednesday that his office is concerned about the apparent extra-judicial execution of a Palestinian man in the West Bank last week. The execution occurred...

The US Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in Tyson Foods, Inc. v. Bouaphakeo that employees may pursue their class action claim against the company. Workers at a pork processing plant in Iowa filed suit against...

A Syrian has been arrested in Sweden on war crimes charges, according to the Swedish prosecutor's office Monday. The unnamed individual was arrested for suspected crimes against international law in Idlib, Syria, in 2012. Abdullah allegedly took part...

Arizona State Senator John Kavanagh introduced Senate Bill 1054 on Thursday, which if passed would make it illegal to make a video recording of law enforcement activity within 20 feet without the officer's permission. The bill would also...

Five Yemeni detainees from the Guantanamo Bay detention camp have been transferred to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) the Department of Defense (DOD) announced Sunday. The Guantanamo Review Task Force (GRTF) unanimously approved for transfer...

A federal judge who had previously ordered the US to release a series of force-feeding videotapes from Guantanamo Bay on Tuesday denied a request by the government to reconsider the order. US District Judge Gladys...

A US district court on Wednesday sentenced former North Carolina State Assembly member Stephen Laroque to 24 months in prison for embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from a non-profit he ran. Last January Laroque...