The US Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that tribal sovereign immunity does not extend to tribal employees acting in an individual capacity. Lewis v. Clarke arose when Brian and Michelle Lewis were injured in a car...
Advocacy groups from around the world signed a joint statement on Thursday that called for the release of all political prisoners in Myanmar. The release of the petition aligned with the third anniversary of U Win Tin's death, a...
Russian authorities say they have detained, and obtained a confession from, a man linked to a terrorist metro bombing in St. Petersburg that killed 14 passengers. The Russian Federal Security Service says that Abror Azimov pled...
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Thursday unanimously held that Russia violated European human rights laws when it raided a terrorist-held school in the Russian town of Beslan in 2004, leading to the death of...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday announced that it had effectively disrupted the Kelihos botnet , a network of thousands of virus ridden computers used to glean personal information and login credentials by distributing malicious software...
Earthjustice , an environmental law advocacy group filed a motion on Wednesday, on behalf of two other environmental groups asking a three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to order the...
The city of Seattle filed a lawsuit Wednesday against President Donald Trump's administration, arguing that their designation as a "sanctuary city" should not prevent them from receiving federal funds, as required by Executive Order 13768 . Seattle asked...
The Columbia University Knight First Amendment Institute on Monday filed a lawsuit in the US District Court for the District of Columbia against the Trump administration seeking release of data on how often US citizens and others had...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein presented his report on Sri Lanka to the UN Human Rights Council on Wednesday, stating that much work remains to make Sri Lanka's judiciary conform with...
Utah Governor Gary Herbert on Monday signed amendments to SB 196 , repealing language that barred "advocacy of homosexuality" in Utah public schools. The bill was amended to bar advocacy of "any premarital or extramarital sexual...