Search Results for: 2015-03-11

A judge for the US District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina upheld the state's voter ID law on Monday. House Bill 589 requires that any "qualified voter voting in person ......

International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda on Monday announced a "preliminary investigation" into allegations that the Burundi government, headed by President Pierre Nkurunziza, committed various human rights violations over the past year. In a...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday unanimously upheld an Arizona commission's decisions regarding the redistricting of voting districts in the state. The claim from Republicans in the state was that the reapportionment of votes resulted in a...

David Leyton, a prosecutor in Genesee County, Michigan, announced Wednesday that a Michigan judge will allow criminal charges against three people involved in the water crisis in Flint, including the man who supervised the treatment plan as well...

A panel of federal judges on Monday rejected a motion by Representative Corrine Brown challenging the current congressional district boundaries in Florida. Brown has long argued that the current boundary system violates federal voting laws [AP...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on Monday warned of an increase in torture and ill treatment in Burundi. In the last four months Zeid's office has recorded more than 300 new cases...

An Israeli court on Tuesday convicted Yosef Haim for the 2014 murder of a Palestinian teenager that led to a 50-day war in Gaza. Haim entered an insanity plea, but the court rejected his plea stating he was aware...

Election Justice USA on Monday is filing a suit in the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York claiming that the state has fraudulently changed the registration of thousands of voters which bars...

New data from a South Korean think-tank shows that despite minor progress in certain areas, UN efforts at improving human rights in North Korea have not led to real improvement. The Database Center for North Korean Human Rights (NKDB) [official...

The US Department of Defense (DOD) announced the transfer of 9 Yemeni Guantanamo Bay detainees to Saudi Arabia on Saturday as they continue their efforts to close the facility. They would have sent the prisoners...