The Ivory Coast government should make greater efforts to prevent and punish rape, according to a report released Monday by the UN Operation in the Ivory Coast (UNOCI) and the Office of the High...
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The US Department of Defense (DOD) on Monday announced the transfer of two Guantanamo detainees to Serbia. Yemeni detainee Mansur Ahmad Saad al-Dayfi and Tajik detainee Muhammadi Davlatov were transferred to Serbia after extensive review. The...
The US Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Louisiana on Wednesday announced an investigation into the recent police killing of a black man, Alton Sterling, which was recorded on video. Sterling was shot and killed...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein warned Monday of the deteriorating human rights situation in the Central African Republic (CAR) . "While 2016 began on a positive note, with the successful...
The US Supreme Court split 4-4 Thursday in United States v. Texas , allowing an order blocking enforcement of the Obama administration's immigration police to remain in place. The per curiam opinion read simply, "The...
The US Supreme Court ruled 4-3 Thursday in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin that the university's race-conscious admissions program is lawful. Abigail Fisher brought suit against the University of Texas at Austin...
The US Supreme Court ruled 4-3 Monday in RJR Nabisco, Inc. v. The European Community for RJ Reynolds in a challenge by EU countries accusing the company of a money laundering scheme....
The US Supreme Court ruled 7-1 Monday in Taylor v. United States that the Hobbs Act applies to a drug robbery. The Hobbs Act makes it a crime for a person to...
The US Supreme Court on Monday denied certiorari in two separate cases challenging bans on assault-style weapons. The court denied the appeals without comment, letting stand lower court rulings that had upheld the bans [JURIST...
The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously Thursday in Universal Health Services v. United States ex rel. Escobar , a case dealing with fraud claims against federal contractors. The question before the court was whether the...
