The UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Valerie Amos on Friday expressed concern about deteriorating conditions in Sudan due to continued violent conflict in the country. Amos noted a recent increase in Sudanese refugees...
The US Supreme Court on Friday denied certiorari in a case dealing with media ownership regulations by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) . In National Association of Broadcasters v. FCC ...
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Thursday upheld a ten-year prison sentence for former civil rights lawyer Lynne Stewart for her terrorism conviction. Stewart's sentence was...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Thursday urged Sudan authorities to take measures to prevent violence against protesters in demonstrations planned for Friday. In a statement, Pillay said the government should instruct...
The US Supreme Court on Thursday ruled 6-3 that a law criminalizing the making of false claims of military honors violates the First Amendment . In United States v. Alvarez , the Court struck...
An abortion clinic in Mississippi on Wednesday filed a lawsuit in the US District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi challenging a new abortion regulation that is scheduled to go into...
A judge for the US District Court for the District of South Dakota on Thursday upheld an injunction against most of a controversial South Dakota abortion law but allowed one section, requiring doctors to...
The US Supreme Court on Thursday ruled 5-4 that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) does not violate the constitution. The case centered on the "individual mandate" provision of...
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Thursday convicted Serb nationalist politician and war crimes suspect Vojislav Seselj of contempt of court and...
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Thursday denied a motion by former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic to dismiss 10 charges against him, while...