The Wisconsin Court of Appeals on Thursday declined to rule on an order enjoining Wisconsin Secretary of State Douglas La Follette from publishing a legislative measure designed to curb the...
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An Argentine court sentenced former general Luciano Benjamin Menendez to life in prison on Wednesday for the 1976 attack and murder of five urban guerrilla group members during the country's 1976-1983 "Dirty War"...
The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) adopted a resolution on Thursday, appointing a Special Rapporteur to investigate human rights violations in Iran. The resolution was adopted by a vote of 22 in favor,...
The Spanish Supreme Court on Wednesday denied legal status to new political party, Sortu, in response to the government's concerns that its links to the Basque separatist group ETA ...
Egypt's interim government, the Cabinet of Ministers released a decree on Wednesday that will impose prison sentences for strike actions and inciting protests. Although the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces has yet to rule on...
The Idaho Senate voted 24-10 on Wednesday to approve a bill that would prohibit most abortions after 20 weeks of gestation. The "Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act," similar to bills passed in Nebraska last...
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday denied a motion to lift the stay order prohibiting gay couples from marrying while an appeal of the invalidation of Proposition 8...
Specialist Jeremy Morlock pleaded guilty Wednesday to three counts of murder as part of a plot contrived with fellow soldiers to kill Afghan civilians. At the court-martial, held at Joint Base Lewis-McChord , Morlock also...
A commission of Arab and Egyptian human rights groups have accused former president Hosni Mubarak and the police of murdering protesters during the demonstrations in Egypt, according to a local newspaper on...
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in JDB v. North Carolina on whether a court should consider a juvenile's age when...
