Human Rights Watch (HRW) criticized the Hungarian government on Friday for ignoring recommendations by the Council of Europe to change its media laws that allegedly curtail press freedom. HRW expressed concern that the...
The appeals chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday rejected challenges to the court's jurisdiction in two cases stemming from the 2007 Kenyan post-election violence , clearing the way for trial....
A senior judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida approved a settlement agreement on Thursday between JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPMC) and more than one million litigants...
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Wednesday ordered the US Department of Defense (DOD) to turn over three videotapes depicting Kuwaiti Guantanamo Bay detainees...
A federal judge ruled on Thursday that California's state pension system must afford same-sex spouses of state workers the same access to long-term care insurance as heterosexual spouses. Judge Claudia Wilken of the US District Court for...
The US Department of State (DOS) on Friday released the 2011 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices . The reports outline the prevailing trends that shaped human rights last year. These include uprisings across the Middle East...
The top UN human rights official urged Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe on Thursday to ensure that Zimbabwe's next elections are legitimate and free from violence . UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi...
US Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer rejected a stay application Thursday evening by Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee attempting to prevent the release of alleged murderer Jason Pleau to federal authorities. Chafee has...
A court in Bahrain on Thursday sentenced Zainab Al-Khawaja, the daughter of jailed pro-democracy activist Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja to one month in prison for trying to organize an anti-government protest, according to...
The US Supreme Court ruled 6-3 Wednesday in Blueford v. Arkansas that the double jeopardy clause does not prevent the re-prosecution of a greater offense if a jury deadlocks on...