A Wisconsin judge on Friday struck down a controversial law that limits the collective bargaining rights of public sector unions. Juan Colas, a judge for the Dane County Circuit Court , held ...
Prosecutors in the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) on Friday urged the tribunal to seize the passport of former Khmer Rouge leader Ieng Thirith whose release was ordered after...
The trial chamber of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) ruled Thursday that the sister-in-law of former Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot is not mentally competent to stand trial, ordering...
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Friday signed into law a bill that amends the state's penal code to prohibit the access and viewing of child pornography on the Internet....
Montana's Lewis and Clark County District Court ruled Thursday that the state's lethal injection method violates the provision of the Montana constitution that forbids cruel and unusual punishment. The lawsuit...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on the government of Pakistan on Wednesday to ensure that minority Shia Muslims in Pakistan are protected from attacks by Sunni militant groups. HRW noted that attacks...
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Wednesday that the city of Los Angeles violated the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments to the US constitution when it seized and destroyed...
A UN human rights expert on Thursday condemned Iraq for the executions of 21 people on Monday and five more people on Wednesday. UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions Chistof Heyns urged...
The California State Assembly approved a bill on Thursday that allows some illegal immigrants who came to the US as children to obtain driver's licenses. The bill, which the state Senate approved...
A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of Florida on Tuesday blocked Florida from implementing a portion of its controversial voting law that shortens the deadlines for groups...