Human rights violations continue in Bahrain despite reforms, Amnesty International (AI) reported Tuesday. After the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry (BICI) released a report in November concerning...
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) concluded Tuesday that the 1940 Katyn Massacre of 21,000 Poles by the Soviets was a "war crime" but acknowledged that they cannot force Russia to investigate...
Human rights groups including Amnesty International (AI) and Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday urged Council of Europe member states to reject proposed changes to the European Convention on Human Rights . The...
The Wisconsin Supreme Court issued an order Monday dismissing its review of two lawsuits challenging Wisconsin's controversial voter ID law , leaving state appellate courts to decide whether to lift an injunction...
The lower chamber of the Malaysian Parliament on Tuesday approved a law aimed at replacing the country's controversial Internal Security Act of 1960 (ISA) , which currently allows for indefinite detention of...
Danish authorities failed to examine possible racist motivations behind an attack on an Iraqi refugee family in Denmark in 2004, according to an opinion published by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) ....
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in Christopher v. SmithKline Beecham Corp. on the breadth of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) regarding pharmaceutical sales representatives (PSRs)...
Google, Inc. was fined $25,000 on Friday by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for the company's failure to cooperate with the a federal investigation. Google incurred the fine by refusing to disclose...
The Supreme Court of the Philippines on Monday released its 9-6 decision dismissing seven suits filed against former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo that challenged the constitutionality of the declaration of martial law she made in 2009....
The US Supreme Court declined review in the case of former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling on Monday. The court, without any comment, allowed to stand the decision of the US Court...