The US Supreme Court on Monday denied review in the Alabama death penalty case of Floyd v. Alabama in which attorneys argue that African-American jurors were improperly excluded from the jury. The petitioner, Christopher Floyd,...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) and the Penal Forum on Wednesday that revealed human rights and humanitarian crises in Venezuela, as the government continues to arbitrarily arrest, prosecute, and, in some cases, torture critics of...
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Tuesday rejected a challenge to a campaign finance law that set limits on federal donations to primary and general elections. The law placed a per-election donation...
The US Supreme Court stated on Monday that it would not review a lawsuit over a drone strike in Yemen that killed five people. Earlier this year, the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia...
The US Supreme Court on Monday denied review of two challenges to state gun restrictions backed by the National Rifle Association (NRA) . The first was a challenge to Maryland's ban on semi-automatic...
The Federal Trade Commission (FCC) released a plan on Tuesday to dismantle regulations that require equal access to the internet, often called net neutrality . The proposal would repeal internet regulations put in place by the Obama...
Nebraska regulators voted on Monday to approve a route for TransCanada's Keystone XL oil pipeline, lifting the final regulatory barrier for the long-delayed project. The Nebraska Public Service Commission , an elected panel that rules on the...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) called Monday for the nations at the UN disarmament meeting later this week to strengthen international law surrounding incendiary weapons in response to the use of such weapons by the...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein called Wednesday for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to deal with those protesting the general election time change in accordance with international human rights laws...
The Supreme Court of Kenya on Tuesday rejecte the participation of the main opposition coalition in petitions challenging President Uhuru Kenyatta's victory in last month's repeat presidential election. This means that the National Super...