The US Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals held Thursday in a 2-1 opinion that state rules on participation in Ohio's primary elections make it prohibitive for minority parties to be included on the ballot. The...
Leading Thursday's international brief, international NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said that the Sudanese government has entered a prolonged campaign of randomly bombing civilian locations in the Darfur region [JURIST...
The Bush administration has been "disappointed" with the work of the newly formed UN Human Rights Council , according to US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Mark Lagon during his remarks...
The Defense Department's top military lawyers testified Thursday before the US House Armed Services Committee , urging Congress to reject White House proposals that would keep some evidence from suspected terrorists who face prosecutions. The Bush...
The European Court of Justice ruled Thursday that Great Britain's rest period guidelines for workers are not in compliance with European Union law which mandates minimum daily and weekly breaks. Member countries of the...
The Florida Supreme Court plans to analyze newly proposed rules that would stop the practice of sealing certain court cases from public view in a system that Chief Justice Fred Lewis said has "gone awry"...
An Indonesian court Thursday sentenced Islamic militant Dwi Widiarto to 18 years in prison for his part in the October 2005 bombings of three restaurants in Bali which killed 26 people. Widiarto was charged with videotaping the...
Amnesty International on Thursday criticized Colombia for allowing attacks on human rights defenders, calling on the international community to provide more support for local activists in Colombia . In a new report ...
Rights activists on Thursday called for more information from the US government regarding secret CIA prisons where high-value terror suspects have been detained, saying that though US President George Bush's acknowledgement Wednesday of the prisons' existence was...
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on Wednesday vetoed the Free Curriculum Act , a bill designed to add protections against discrimination in schools by prohibiting teaching or textbooks that "reflect adversely" on students based on their sexual...