The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) released a report on Tuesday concluding that chemical weapons were “likely used” during the February attacks in Syria. According to the report, the OPCW found chlorine gas in two cylinders and in the environment. Their findings were also supported by eyewitness testimony and the symptoms from [...]

Texas, Florida, Tennessee, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nevada and Pittsburgh filed lawsuits on Tuesday against Purdue Pharma LP and other opioid painkiller makers, alleging the companies contributed to the current opioid crisis by misrepresenting the risks of their drugs. Attorneys General of the states allege that Purdue deceptively marketed its drug to profit, thereby violating [...]

Research and Advocacy Director for the Middle East and North Africa at Amnesty International (AI) Philip Luther on Monday called the use of force by Israeli military against protestors along the border of Gaza and Israel as “wilful killings constituting war crimes.” There have been numerous reports of Palestinians being killed and injured as a [...]

The US Supreme Court unanimously ruled on Monday in Byrd v. US that a driver who is in control or possession of a vehicle, but not listed on the rental agreement, still has a reasonable expectation of privacy, as provided under the Fourth Amendment . The case arose after in 2014 Terrence Byrd had pleaded [...]

The Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT) heard oral arguments on Monday and Tuesday in former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic's appeal of his 2016 conviction for crimes committed during the Bosnia conflict....

A Belgian court on Monday sentenced Salah Abdeslam, the sole surviving suspect in the 2015 Paris attacks, to 20 years in prison for attempted murder of three police officers during a 2016 shootout. After the Paris attacks, Salah had fled...

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled Tuesday that Poland broke EU law by logging in the Białowieża Forest , one of Europe's last ancient forest, according to the UN Educational, Scientific,...

The Pennsylvania House of Representatives on Monday voted 139-56 to approve HB 2050 , which prohibits abortions if the fetus is diagnosed with or believed to have Down syndrome. In April the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania...

The government of Pakistan has failed to resolve several human rights issues within the past year, according to a report released Monday by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) . According to the HRCP, issues such...

A UN report published Tuesday detailed the conditions of thousands of people are being held in Libya, describing them as human rights violations. According to the report, released by the Office of the High Commission for...